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Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry
You want your best hitter getting the most PAs. There's no shortage of things to criticize Roberts for, but this isn't one of them.
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In the history of baseball, power hitters have batted third or fourth and there is a reason for that. The extra number of at bats Ohtani gets from batting first which turns out to be not THAT many is far outweighed by the increased number of opportunities to drive in runs that comes from dropping down a couple of places in the order. Ohtani's RBI totals would be dramatically higher if he batted behind, say, Betts and Freeman. Research it if you don't believe me. Did Babe Ruth lead off? Ted Williams? DiMaggio? Mays? Mantle? Aaron? Musial? Bonds? A Rod? Pujols? Look at the top 50 HR hitters in history and tell me how many of them batted lead off.
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Last edited by Peter_Spaeth; 10-18-2025 at 12:59 PM.
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