Carlos Santana entered today with a .358 OBP on the year
Francisco Lindor's career best OBP for a season is .358 from back in 2016. Only once in the last four seasons has Lindor even posted an OBP of .340 or better
Thinking Lindor leadoff is the answer is sheer lunacy
#OurTribe
Francisco Lindor's career best OBP for a season is .358 from back in 2016. Only once in the last four seasons has Lindor even posted an OBP of .340 or better
Thinking Lindor leadoff is the answer is sheer lunacy
#OurTribe

Santana is having one of the worst offensive years of his career and is still a much better option to hit leadoff. It boggles the mind that a team with the front office they have would allow this to go on.
I know these calculations are out of date, but seriously plug in the #Indians starting 9 and their numbers. EVERY OUTCOME lists Santana as your best option to bat leadoff.
https://www.baseballmusings.com/cgi-bin/LineupAnalysis.py?Player0=Lindor&OBA0=+0.339&Slug0=+0.451&Player1=Hernandez&OBA1=+0.333&Slug1=+0.377&Player2=Ramirez&OBA2=+0.350&Slug2=+0.472&Player3=Santana&OBA3=+0.358&Slug3=+0.318&Player4=Reyes&OBA4=+0.371&Slug4=+0.510&Player5=Naquin&OBA5=+0.258&Slug5=+0.466&Player6=Naylor&OBA6=+0.258&Slug6=+0.313&Player7=Perez&OBA7=+0.294&Slug7=+0.254&Player8=DeShields&OBA8=+0.329&Slug8=+0.314&Model=1
https://www.baseballmusings.com/cgi-bin/LineupAnalysis.py?Player0=Lindor&OBA0=+0.339&Slug0=+0.451&Player1=Hernandez&OBA1=+0.333&Slug1=+0.377&Player2=Ramirez&OBA2=+0.350&Slug2=+0.472&Player3=Santana&OBA3=+0.358&Slug3=+0.318&Player4=Reyes&OBA4=+0.371&Slug4=+0.510&Player5=Naquin&OBA5=+0.258&Slug5=+0.466&Player6=Naylor&OBA6=+0.258&Slug6=+0.313&Player7=Perez&OBA7=+0.294&Slug7=+0.254&Player8=DeShields&OBA8=+0.329&Slug8=+0.314&Model=1