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Originally Posted by BIG17EASY
But what defines your term "best hitter?" Is it the guy who's going to get on base? Is it the guy who's most likely to hit a home run? Is it the guy who's most likely to get a base hit? It's not like a manager can say, OK, pinch hit spot, time to send up Miguel Cabrera.
Anyway, we obviously don't view baseball strategy the same way, which is the actual beauty of the game. There are a lot of ways to win.
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Given that there are usually 12 and sometimes 13 pitchers on a 25 man squad, and eight non-pitchers are already in the game, that leaves four or maybe five guys on the bench, among them a backup catcher and a defense-first middle infielder. So the choice is usually fairly clear.