San Francisco Giants: Making Sense of the Split Lineups

If I had to describe Bruce Bochy's managing style in one word it would be "involved," and that's not just because "veteran fetish" is two words. Bochy has always been given a very slim margin of error where runs are concerned; such is the curse of managing for a low-scoring, pitching-first ballclub.

Squeezing runs out of the Giants roster hasn't been an easy task since the Bonds era, but Bochy has stuck with it, doing his best to make that "just enough" offense actually provide just enough runs to win.

One of his key strategies as Mr. Manager has always been working the lineup day in and day out to best optimize the starting nine against each specific pitcher, and while that sounds all fine and good, s...

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