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Pittsburgh now a game and a half up on our club as we are at the .500 mark – 2-8 in our last 10.
We are not getting the clutch hits we got earlier. Plus Ollie has screwed around with the top of the order and is not using guys where their value best applies like he did most of the season, at least in my opinion.
And of course the pitching is showing some stress.
None of this is a big surprise since we are looking more at the longer term. But our first half play gave hopes of competing this year. Maybe that will still happen, but I think we will end the season anywhere from a few games under to a few games over break even.
I wish there was a batting order that would ensure optimal performance. But when you are re-shuffling the same cards, the outcome isn’t likely to improve markedly.
Last night, they had seven hits and the Cubs had 14. Pretty easy to predict the result.
Hitting Walker second isn’t ideal but I think it has more to do with Herrera than anything else. They are desperateely trying to get him going so will try anything. But as was mentioned if no one is hitting then their placement in the order doesn’t make much difference.
We currently aren’t hitting or pitching but otherwise how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?
You put your best hitters at the top of the lineup to ensure maximum plate appearances. This is the standard now as analytics have shown this is optimal.
Putting Walker second is not the problem statistically. Now, whether hitting in a different spot has messed with Walker’s head is a different story. I don’t know why it would, but humans are weird.
We could run through every scenario as to why a player individually or a team collectively, are not producing offensively as they have in the past, but to me that is an exercise in futility. They either do or they don’t.
Mental issues are not within the control of the manager and can’t be fixed by him.
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