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Originally Posted by Chief Rum
Actually an interesting question to ask. I don't know how many teams are worse off at the "best hitter" spot than DBacks, but you (or Lathum) might be right.
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Well, let's see what we can find. I'm strictly looking at the #3 hitters in tonight's lineups, so I'm not even attempting to account for injuries, platoons, whatever. If somebody wants to remove a guy from consideration for some reason then feel free.
Worse - 8
Twins -- Cuddyer '07 OPS .789, lifetime .795
Marlins -- Jacobs '07 OPS .775, lifetime .813
Giants -- Winn '07 OPS .798, lifetime .768
Dodgers -- Ethier '07 OPS .802, lifetime .818
Padres -- Kouzmanoff '07 OPS .786, lifetime .773
Nationals -- Zimmerman '07 OPS. 788, lifetime .811
Royals - Gordon '07 OPS .725, lifetime .727
Pirates - Bay '07 OPS .745, lifetime .888
Split - 3
Bluejays - Rios '07 OPS .852, lifetime .792
Yankees - Abreu '07 OPS .814, lifetime .908
Mariners - Ibanez '07 OPS .831, lifetime .815
Better - 18
Angels/Guerrero, Mets/Wright, Cardinals/Pujols, Reds/Griffey, Rockies/Helton, Astros/Berkman, Rangers/Hamilton, Brewers/Fielder, Cubs/D.Lee, Phils/Utley,
WhiteSox/Thome, Indians/Haffner, Orioles/Markakis, Rays/Pena, Yanks/Sheff,
Braves/C.Jones, RedSox/Ortiz, A's/Barton