No lineup toy can help my pathetic lineup next year!
If you’re having trouble coming up with a lineup for your team, Steve Stein’s Lineup Toy might be able to head you in the right direction. It’s a java-based web application. Just choose your players, click the button and it will come up with a lineup for you.
According to his webpage, this is the quick summary of Steve’s formula for his lineup generator:
Steve also provides a secondary lineup based on an alternative formula using Tom Tango’s principles. Also, Steve’s Lineup Toy allows you to to choose MLB players going back to 2003.
This what happens when I plug in my Thunderchickens for the upcoming season.
| Simple | Tango |
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As I said in the byline, no lineup can help my team though keep in mind that we still have to draft and I have 6 draft picks coming my way.
Since the Lineup Toy doesn’t take speed into account, I would think the Tango lineup looks more doable. Luis Gonzalez, an original rookie pick of mine (and a favorite), will most likely have an ‘S’ and will have no business in the leadoff spot.
Anyway, it’s a fun ‘toy’. Take some time and play around with it.
Link to Steve Stein’s Lineup Toy
Well, according to your screen cap there, your lineup is .2 runs a game better than mine…
Is there a card rater out there that could help on deciding on who to start. I’m always afraid I might not be starting the right guys
Heh heh. I have a comprehensive tool to determine who to start and what the lineup should be, based on their APBA cards and master game grade of the pitcher.
Do you think I should put it somewhere where my TBL opponents can see it? :-)
I know I’d be interested in seeing it, even though I feel like I’m fairly good at that.
Hey Steve, I’d be interested in seeing it too :)
Well, anything for Chip Hilton! I’ll see what I can do.
Come on Steve, help a brother out.
I plugged in the eight guys that I plan to use in my ILLOWA League series in December. Bengie, Adam LaRoche, Yunel, Reyes, Lowell, Hideki Matsui, Vladimir and ICHIRO).
In the “Simple Lineup,” it has ICHIRO (with his 35-8) hitting 8th. In the “Tango Lineup,” ICHIRO is a good enough offensive player to move up to the 7th spot. Maybe it’s the 64-9 that earned him the move-up.
I think I will “fush” this tool.
I dunno Don, maybe Ichiro is trying to tell you something ;-)
The thing about putting an APBA lineup toy on line is you need the card numbers. On my computer, I use the players.dat file, but I am loathe to put that file up on a website – it doesn’t seem fair to APBA. Maybe I can encrypt it in some way – stay tuned.
Steve,
I have been pointed to your Lineup Toy to help me this year. How do I can access, if possible? Our league has finished the draft and will soon start up. Believe your tool will help me immensely this year. Thanks
John Balint
Scratch my comment. I was stupidly using 2008 cards, not 2007.
In 2007, ICHIRO leads off in the Simple Lineup. He bats 5th in the Tango Lineup.
I think I will “unflush” this tool.
Sorry for my malfunction..