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Originally Posted by Three7s
Maybe our leadoff hitter is more important than our #3 hitter. However, Gordon has been slumping in recently, so it might be just coincidence.
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I've seen some stuff recently about lineup construction that suggests 1 and 2 and 4 are more important than 3. Rany talked about it on the 810 Border Patrol this morning.
The 2 hole is actually statistically the most important position in the lineup, which means you should put your best hitter in that spot.
This is something that Tony La Russa seemed to grasp... he always put a contact hitter with some pop in that role, and it always seemed to work.