Dragons Consistency Part II
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Re: Dragons Consistency Part II
[ Author: Dragsfan | Posted: Jun 1, 2005 9:11 AM
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I hope you enjoyed Fukuoka.
Yes, they've been very consistent. The lineup is about the same as last year, except for the addition of Woods and with Tatsunami moving to left field (too many errors at third?). Morino has taken over third base (hitting about .300), so the lineup is more fixed than when they used a rotation of left fielders.
A Japanese article (here [SportsNava]) attributes the Drags' decline to:
Maybe the starters will pick up a little now that Domingo and Martinez are in the rotation? And Hiramatsu and Nagamine haven't pitched at all yet?
One bad thought is that they've done so poorly with no injuries - what's going to happen when someone does get hurt?
Yes, they've been very consistent. The lineup is about the same as last year, except for the addition of Woods and with Tatsunami moving to left field (too many errors at third?). Morino has taken over third base (hitting about .300), so the lineup is more fixed than when they used a rotation of left fielders.
A Japanese article (here [SportsNava]) attributes the Drags' decline to:
- starters not lasting into the middle innings,
- the PL's foreign batters killing them (hitting .319 against the Drags' staff, where CL foreigners were hitting only .220 through the start of intra-league play), and
- weakness at the top of the lineup, specifically Araki.
Maybe the starters will pick up a little now that Domingo and Martinez are in the rotation? And Hiramatsu and Nagamine haven't pitched at all yet?
One bad thought is that they've done so poorly with no injuries - what's going to happen when someone does get hurt?
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Anyway, despite the results of late, the league has all come together, and as such, there is no way to think this is a lost cause, so I'll be singing my heart out until it becomes academic. And I, for one, don't believe that day'll come this season.
However, it's gotta be time for Ochiai to mix it up a bit and I feel tonight against Rakuten could be a good time to tinker with the order a little.
Let's hope for a big win tonight to gain some momentum before I go down to Fukuoka this weekend.
The revival starts here.