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Originally Posted by Padreman
I would flip 3 and 4
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I semi agree here, 3 and 4 can be interchangeable, however, I like having my best power hitter protected by the presence of the best hitter on the team right behind him.
For example, my Tigers line up is
1- Kinsler
2- J.D Martinez
3- Upton
4- Cabrera
5- V. Martinez
6- Castellanos
7- McCann
8- Mahtook
9- Iglesias/Romine/Machado
With this line up, I have been getting amazing production out of Upton ~35 HR, a .295 avg in mid august. See, I don't know if OOTP has incorporated the whole "protection" phenomenon that some teams use, but I like to think that Upton is getting decent pitches to hit because of Cabrera, V. Mart and Nicky C. behind him in that triple tandem of pain, which is helping his overall production. It's just a theory though, I don't know if this is actually due to my lineup settings or due to some lucky RNG with hotstreaks.