After going through two games with a lot of players in attendance, we will start implementing a different method with the lineup. Instead of everyone batting every time through, which hasn't helped us offensively and can make the game feel like it's dragging on, we will instead have 9 or 10 set spots in the order and have the remaining two or three spots rotated between various players.
For example, if we have 14 guys this week, we'll have 11 or 12 spots in the batting order and that means that 4 or 6 players will be rotating a batting position. This way everyone still gets to bat and we can try and get into more of a rythym as a team offensively.
Everyone will get at least one at bat and most likely two at a minimum. That isn't much different then what we've been doing as we've had 11 different players get only two at bats in at least one of the first three games.
The people who will be rotating the 2 or 3 spots in the order will be democratically chosen, by simply using performance numbers. If someone is trending upwards versus downwards, that will be taken into account as well as overall hitting numbers. Depending on which defensive position a person plays, that will affect whether or not he will be in a rotating spot too.
Last year we never had 12 guys and many times had to play with 9 or get subs to complete our team so I don't know how often we'll have to use this method. But, if we do have 12 or more, we will most likely be using this in some form or another.
This won't have a huge effect on how many at bats everyone gets but it should help the team flow quite a bit better. We'll try it out on Thursday and see how it works and go from there.
We'll see everyone on Thursday!!
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