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          Ranking the MLB playoff lineups

          The Dodgers scored 21 more runs than any other team in baseball during the month of September. Robert Hanashiro/USA TODAY Sports
          • Jim Bowden, ESPN Baseball AnalystOct 1, 2014, 11:15 AM ET
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            • Senior baseball analyst for ESPN Insider
            • Former GM of the Reds and Nationals
            • Author of "The GM's Office" blog
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          We ranked the playoff rotations and starting pitchers Monday and the playoff bullpens Tuesday; today we rank -- and discuss -- the lineups of the nine remaining playoff teams.

          1. Los Angeles Dodgers
          MLB ranks (regular season):           Runs: 6th | OPS: 3rd | HR: 16th | SB: 2nd

          Projected lineup
          Dee Gordon, 2B
          Yasiel Puig, CF
          Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
          Matt Kemp, RF
          Hanley Ramirez, SS
          Carl Crawford, LF
          Juan Uribe, 3B
          A.J. Ellis, C

          The Dodgers enter this postseason with a much better lineup than last year's team, which reached the National League Championship Series before falling to the St. Louis Cardinals.