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Baseball Musings
March 20, 2006
Who's Number Two?

Marcus Hayes explains why it's a good idea to bat Abraham Nunez second in the Phillies lineup:

Hitting Nunez second seems a natural thing. He is a smallish, switch-hitting contact hitter with decent speed who doesn't strike out much and has displayed very good bat control. Manuel has lamented the Phillies' seeming inability to hit correctly in certain situations. Nunez hit .352 in 105 at-bats in the No. 2 hole last year in the dangerous Cardinals lineup.

While it's good the Phillies are concentrating on what Nunez can do, in this case what he can't do is pretty important, also. Nunez doesn't get on base very well. His .314 career OBA does not scream, "table setter." Rowand, at .337, while not great, is still a better choice.


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i thought lineups didnt matter?

Posted by: tony flynn at March 20, 2006 06:26 PM
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