How to beat the LIMA Plan

A post-LABR interview with Steve Moyer, formerly of Rotowire:

BASEBALL WEEKLY: "When I talked to Ron Shandler, he said that you kinda knew his strategy. You might have thrown out a few guys that he would go for. Was there any kind of chance to play off of his strategy, to counter-program against him?"

MOYER: "Totally, on purpose. I wrote down all his A and B+ LIMA Players and that's all I brought out all night long."

BW: "So do you feel your strategy worked?"

MOYER: "There's plenty of players for Ron to find. He's good enough that he always finds somebody else. At least maybe I ruined it a little bit."

Just a little.

Beating the LIMA Plan has become a popular pursuit. Beyond Steve's proclamation, even John Hunt wrote, "LIMA...

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