Can't Have You Clogging Those Bases- Dunn Dropped to Sixth

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

From rotoworld...

 

Adam Dunn has been dropped to the sixth spot in Saturday's lineup against the Braves.

Ken Griffey Jr. is hitting .248/.333/.410 and gets moved up to the second spot. Dunn is hitting .216/.381/.386 and gets dropped. After all, if he hit high in the order, he'd just clog the bases, right Dusty? The Reds have Joey Votto batting cleanup tonight.

[JimSorgi]

awesome

[CubColtPacer]

The scary thing is that's a better lineup for the Reds than what they had before. Moving Votto and Encarnacion up in the order from 6 and 7 to 4 and 5 helps, dropping Keppinger from 2 to 7 also helps. That more than offsets dropping Dunn, which is the only silly part of the switch.

 

Votto is the real big change. He's going to help them a lot more at 4 than he was at 7.

[RedFlash]

The hilarity of rotoworld, knows no bound. And what makes the site great, is they are more knowledgeable about the players, then the manager of said players. Yeah, lets drop the guy who gets on base at a ridiculous rate, and move up the guy who is slugging averagely.(I know, I know not a word).

 

Where is reds44?

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

And the line-up change doesn't really work. Braves lead 7-1 in the seventh.

 

Jo Jo Reyes went 5.1 IP while allowing 1 run.

 

Belisle wasn't too bad, but the Reds bullpen fell apart in the 7th.

[nilodnayr]

The scary thing is that's a better lineup for the Reds than what they had before. Moving Votto and Encarnacion up in the order from 6 and 7 to 4 and 5 helps, dropping Keppinger from 2 to 7 also helps. That more than offsets dropping Dunn, which is the only silly part of the switch.

 

Votto is the real big change. He's going to help them a lot more at 4 than he was at 7.

 

Meh, dropping Keppinger from the 2 hole and moving Griffey in there is at best a lateral move.