As an NL loyalist who is deeply suspicious of constant interleague play as the first step to implementing the DH across all of baseball, I've put together a puzzle below to honor those pitchers who take their hitting duties seriously. There are four pitchers below - each of them has a better and worse OPS (non-adjusted) than a member of the position player pool. Be the first to correctly fill in all the blanks to win a prize. For example, at a .581 OPS on the season Jordan Zimmermann sports a better mark than Orlando Hudson (.575), but is a few points below league-favorite John Buck (.591):
Orlando Hudson < Jordan Zimmermann < John Buck
The pitchers:
_________ < Jaime Garcia < __________
_________ < Cole Hamels < __________
_________ < Mike Leake < __________
_________ < Stephen Strasburg < __________
'Less than' player pool:
Melky Cabrera
Todd Helton
Nyer Morgan
Scott Rolen
'Greater than' player pool:
Ryan Braun
Ryan Howard
Jordan Schafer
Chris Young
Rolen<Garcia<Howard
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Todd Helton<Mike Leake<Chris Young
Leche<Stephen Strasburg<Hebrew Hammer
I love the players you picked. They can each be put in one of two categories: Sims loves 'em or Sims hates 'em.
I probably could have made a more interesting game than that. I'll come back strong, don't worry.
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