Is Melvin working too hard or is this just a small sample anomaly?
Twenty nine games into the season we sit at 14-15 overall and seem to be equally effective against right-handed and left-handed starters (6-6 and 8-9 respectively) but looking at our record when making changes in positional line-ups (not batting order!) you see the following:
| Changes | W | L | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 2 | 3 | 8 | 27% |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 50% |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
Given that Lowrie, Chapman and Semien have locked down the 2B, 3B and SS spots is Melvin spending too much effort tweaking the rest of the lineup rather than sticking with a settled lineup, and if so why does making 2 changes seem to have more of an adverse effect then 3 or 4 changes?