Leadoff Platoons may be the strategy of the year. The Yankees are doing that with Austin Wells and Paul Goldschmidt, and it looks like the Padres might do that with Luiz Arraez and Fernando Tatis Jr. Tatis and Arraez bat one-two respectively today against Braves left-hander Chris Sale. Tatis for his career gets on base at a .392 clip against LHP, .336 against righties. Arraez in his career posted at .338 OBP against lefties and a .383 mark against righties. They are both good table setters overall, and it may not matter to either if they lead-off or bat second.

Lineup platooning doesn’t happen much, as players like to see themselves as having a role and preparing for that role. Rather than always taking the same approach to hitting no matter where they sit in the order, they try to do different things in different slots. Maybe this is a sign of that changing.