Strategy Question

[Boozie1580]

In baseball video games, or in real life, how would you set up your lineups? I have two main questions:

1. Do you put your best hitter 3rd or 4th?
2. Do you put your worst hitter 9th (in AL lineups) or do you put him 8th?

I like to put my best hitter (in my case probably Conine) 3rd, and a pure power guy like Batista or Gibbons 4th. Also, I usually put my worst batter 8th, and a decent contact/speed hitter (like Hairston or Deivi Cruz) 9th to provide more RBI opportunities for the good hitters. What are your strategies?

[QuasiHero]

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In baseball video games, or in real life, how would you set up your lineups? I have two main questions:

1. Do you put your best hitter 3rd or 4th?
2. Do you put your worst hitter 9th (in AL lineups) or do you put him 8th?

I like to put my best hitter (in my case probably Conine) 3rd, and a pure power guy like Batista or Gibbons 4th. Also, I usually put my worst batter 8th, and a decent contact/speed hitter (like Hairston or Deivi Cruz) 9th to provide more RBI opportunities for the good hitters. What are your strategies?

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best player in terms of both hitting and baserunning, i'd put 3rd in the lineup. he'll get chances to drive in runs and score from anywhere when the clean-up hitter hits a long double

i put a fast guy at 8th. if he can steal 2nd, the pitcher can sac bunt him to 3rd base. (obviously in the NL only)

i also try to alternate left- and right- sided batters to make the cpu to deplete its bullpen by its effort to get pitcher-batter matchups solely based on handedness.

[QuasiHero]

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In baseball video games, or in real life, how would you set up your lineups? I have two main questions:

1. Do you put your best hitter 3rd or 4th?
2. Do you put your worst hitter 9th (in AL lineups) or do you put him 8th?

I like to put my best hitter (in my case probably Conine) 3rd, and a pure power guy like Batista or Gibbons 4th. Also, I usually put my worst batter 8th, and a decent contact/speed hitter (like Hairston or Deivi Cruz) 9th to provide more RBI opportunities for the good hitters. What are your strategies?

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best player in terms of both hitting and baserunning, i'd put 3rd in the lineup. he'll get chances to drive in runs and score from anywhere when the clean-up hitter hits a long double

i put a fast guy at 8th. if he can steal 2nd, the pitcher can sac bunt him to 3rd base. (obviously in the NL only)

i also try to alternate left- and right- sided batters to make the cpu to deplete its bullpen by its effort to get pitcher-batter matchups solely based on handedness.

[LetsGoPitt]

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I too like to put my best hitter #3 with a power guy #4. I actually put my worst hitter at #7 with a decent contact guy at #8. This is so my #8 hitter can get on base with 2 outs and keep my pitcher from having to lead off.

Note: this is NL, because I don't subscribe to that DH crap.

[LetsGoPitt]

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I too like to put my best hitter #3 with a power guy #4. I actually put my worst hitter at #7 with a decent contact guy at #8. This is so my #8 hitter can get on base with 2 outs and keep my pitcher from having to lead off.

Note: this is NL, because I don't subscribe to that DH crap.

[Autoproxy]

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I'd place the team's best hitter who can also draw a walk 3rd, and the guy with most power 4th, unless he's all power in which case I'd drop him lower.

As for the eight/ninth batter...it depends on the team. If there's a young player who needs time to develop but can potentially be a leadoff/2-hole type guy...I'd put him ninth even if there are worse hitters. I think the Yanks did that with Soriano a few years ago, and it's a good idea. He gets less at bats (still learning) and he's lower down in the order, but he still gets a chance to hit in front of good players and get better in baserunning and plate discipline (looks like Soriano didn't care to learn that). Anyway, if there isn't one of these types of players...I'd bat the worst player last. If Rey Ordonez is on my team...he's always batting last. The 7th place hitter in most lineups should be decent enough to get on base enough, and the person batting eighth should have a chance to knock them in, or any other of the bigger hitters still left on base.

[Autoproxy]

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I'd place the team's best hitter who can also draw a walk 3rd, and the guy with most power 4th, unless he's all power in which case I'd drop him lower.

As for the eight/ninth batter...it depends on the team. If there's a young player who needs time to develop but can potentially be a leadoff/2-hole type guy...I'd put him ninth even if there are worse hitters. I think the Yanks did that with Soriano a few years ago, and it's a good idea. He gets less at bats (still learning) and he's lower down in the order, but he still gets a chance to hit in front of good players and get better in baserunning and plate discipline (looks like Soriano didn't care to learn that). Anyway, if there isn't one of these types of players...I'd bat the worst player last. If Rey Ordonez is on my team...he's always batting last. The 7th place hitter in most lineups should be decent enough to get on base enough, and the person batting eighth should have a chance to knock them in, or any other of the bigger hitters still left on base.