Should a team’s worst hitter bat 9th?

i've always told brayden, if you're batting past 6th, you might as well be the one about to turn the order over. You never want the shite heads behind you.

Remember pitchers batting 8th? good times

What's the thought process with 7th?

9th hole gets fewest PAs per game. Theres an art to putting together a lineup, but you can also run the danger of overthinking things.

If you have a really good hitter who does not have any power, then I would think he needs to bat 1, 2 or 9.

My reasoning is this: you want guys on base for your power guys, you want your power guys batting 3-5 ideally. With 6 as a marginal power guy, then 2 if you have another. So after the first time through the lineup, you #9 hitter may be in position in any given inning to get on base for your power hitters.

A guy who is on base with mostly singles and walks and who gets doubles and the occasional triple as his better hits should be 1 or 9 if you have a lot of power in the lineup, and 1, 2, or 9 if you have less power.

Coach used to always bat me last. I'd like to think it was because I wasn't the worst hitter.

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data analytics nerds were the once always getting the business end of Smear The Queer growing up.

They need to go play Roblox and leave sports to us red-blooded MAGA Baws

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na...the nerds have made it to where the game is played at a higher level than ever before. We throw harder, hit harder, run faster etc than ever before


but analytics and looking at stats should absolutely be used in setting the lineup. And understand this is based off MLB as a whole, one should look at their specific team and the stats that the other team has against them when making a decision.

statistically the position in the lineup who comes up with 2 outs and no runner on the most is the 3 hole hitter. So not sure why he has that down as such an important position. But thats why its important to look at those things for your team specifically. I do think trends as a league are good, but trends as a team are better and merging those trends with the data about the team you are facing makes it even better.

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pinch hitter probably

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what if your number 7 batter is important in the field?

also, my scenario could come up any inning...

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so with the game on the line, do you want the 7th best batter up or the 9th best batter up?

Bottom of the 9th, runner in scoring position...your No. 7 guy is up...do you want him to be your worst hitter or your 7th best hitter?

I would think you want you best hitters batting more than your worst...

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i can ask you something similar...if the trend on your team is for the 7th hitter to be up with 2 outs and nobody on more than anyone else....why you want one of your better hitters hitting in that position in a scenario where you are least likely to score runs?

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if the trend on your team is for the 7th hitter to be up with 2 outs and nobody on more than anyone else

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can you show me the data?