Breakdown of Arizona Lineup

Today, we're going to break down our first opponent: Arizona from a hitting perspective. 

Going through their lineup, this is a team that like us, do the little things. I'm going to put up their numbers, plus add some other stats to give you a true idea of this lineup. 

1. Cody Ramer - 2B .357 .451 OBP .502 Slugging % .953 OPS .322 Secondary Average
2. Zach Gibbons - RF .373 .461 OBP .432 Slugging % .893 OPS .224 Secondary Average
3. Alfonso Rivas - LF .263 .349 OBP .359 Slugging % .708 OPS .192 Secondary Average
4. Ryan Aguilar - 1B .308 .382 OBP .498 Slugging % .880 OPS .348 Secondary Average
5. JJ Matijevic - DH .293 .332 OBP .431 Slugging % .763 OPS .203 Secondary Average
6. Bobby Dalbec - 3B .266 .378 OBP .440 Slugging % .818 OPS .315 Secondary Average
7. Cesar Salazar - C .282 .324 OBP .353 Slugging % .677 OPS .153 Secondary Average
8. Jared Oliva - CF .237 .286 OBP .382 Slugging % .668 OPS .247 Secondary Average
9. Louis Boyd - SS .261 .400 OBP .314 Slugging % .714 OPS .301 Secondary Average

So when you look at this lineup, their Batting average is .293, their OBP (On-Base Percentage) is .374, their Slugging percentage is .412. Their OPS as a lineup is .786 which is an Above Average lineup here. When you look at their Secondary Average as a lineup, its just .256. 

When I look at this lineup we'll likely face in Game 1 in Omaha, they have 4 pretty good hitters with good Secondary averages here. The one that stood out to me here is Aguilar. He hits for power and has the best Secondary average in their lineup, reminds me a little of Miguel Cabrera, but with more speed on the bases, in fact, he stole 12 bases in 15 attempts this year. We'll have to be aware of him. The other two I look at that have really good Secondary Averages are Dalbec and Boyd (in the 9 hole). 

This is a lineup we'll have to contend with in Game 1. 

Tomorrow, I will go into their Pitching.