More Fun With The Lineup Toy

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I've been playing around with the lineup toy some more trying some weird lineups.

All Japan:
A. Iwamura
Ichiro
K. Fukudome
H. Matsui
K. Johjima
R. Petagine
T. Iguchi
K. Matsui
N. Nakamura
Amazingly, this squad is worth 5.8.

Bill James Youth All Stars:
G. Sizemore
H. Ramirez
D. Wright
P. Fielder
C. Granderson
N. Markakis
J. Francoeur
B.J. Upton
J, Reyes
This squad is also worth 6.5 - about as good as the Yankees if they can retain Posada, and get somebody decent in 3B.

Slugging Nine:
B. Bonds
L. Berkman
D. Ortiz
R. Howard
A. Rodriguez
M. Holliday
P. Fielder
A. Dunn
C. Pena

This lineup is worth 8.6 runs. That's nine guys who are close to being worth a run a game per 27 outs.

The Alex's (A lineup made up entirely of guys called Alex):
A. Escobar
A. Gordon
A. Rodriguez
A. Rios
A. Gonzales
A. Sanchez
A. Cintron
A. Romero
A. Cora
This squad is worth 5.3 runs. If you take A-Rod out and put in Alex Prieto instead, the number drops to 4.8. So A-Rod really is worth just over a run per 27 outs, all on his own.

Top Free Agents available this year:
J. Posada
B. Bonds
A. Rodriguez
K. Fukudome
A. Jones
M. Lowell
T. Hunter
A. Rowand
J. Guillen
This team comes to 6.8. however, if you dropped out A-Rod and Barry, you get David Eckstein and Milton Bradley as the next best and that drops the score to 6.2.