Since it is so hot in our area we take off the month of August. It gives us time to prepare for fall and go back over the books of summer. We will tweak the batting order from time to time based on BA and OBP.
I have noticed over the last 2 years that a batter in the 2,3,5,6 slot may catch my eye hitting .500+. So we move her into the clean up. My records show each batter I have done this with her BA goes down, sometimes way down. I'm thinking being clean up your not going to get ANY MEAT PITCHES? Maybe even more prone to a walk? Specially if there is a runner in scoring position.
After I noticed this last year I decided to experiment with it this year on purpose.
I know this is a pretty lame topic, just bored waiting on the heat to subside and wondered if anyone else had this problem or any opinions.
I have noticed over the last 2 years that a batter in the 2,3,5,6 slot may catch my eye hitting .500+. So we move her into the clean up. My records show each batter I have done this with her BA goes down, sometimes way down. I'm thinking being clean up your not going to get ANY MEAT PITCHES? Maybe even more prone to a walk? Specially if there is a runner in scoring position.
After I noticed this last year I decided to experiment with it this year on purpose.
I know this is a pretty lame topic, just bored waiting on the heat to subside and wondered if anyone else had this problem or any opinions.
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