Quote Originally Posted by Rex54 View Post
It's pretty simple - give your best hitters the most at-bats.

Rowdey and Tanner Allen are the best two hitters. 1-2

Kam and Logan are the next best hitters - 3-4

Luke and Dubrule are the next best hitters - 5-6

Depending on matchups Hatcher/Cumbest/Skinner/Forsythe/Clark are the last best hitters 7-9
Doesn't seem that simple. If you have 2 good hitters and they both single every time they get up in a season, but there is nobody behind them to drive them in, you would score zero runs for the year. Obviously I'm kidding to an extent, but you get what I'm saying. Not saying any other way is the "right" way, bc your point makes sense...but if you only have one spot in your order that poses any threat, it would seem that would cause a different set of issues over the course of a game/season. I'd still lean the way you're saying, but I don't think it's as cut and dry as you make it out. Different ways to skin a cat.

Another thing....I know a lot of people rip Corbin for putting a pitcher in his DH spot and then playing matchups when the spot comes up in the order, but why would you not do that? Seems like that way of thinking falls perfectly in line with the analytics way of managing the game/team.