[1998 Yankees]

For the sake of discussion, here's what I do, based on current batting ratings:

Pos Characteristics
1 Best combination of speed and eye
2 Best combination of contact and eye
3 Best combination of contact, power, and eye
4 Best power
5 Next best power
6 Next best power
7 Next best contact
8 Next best contact
9 Weakest hitter of all

As you can probably tell, I do this after I have the 9 guys selected who are going to be in the lineup. That I do based on fielding first, the best available at each position, then making sure a decent bat goes along with the glove. Then I go back over the roster to see if there are any really good hitters left on the bench that are worth compromising some fielding talent in order to get into the lineup, perhaps by platooning.

You're probably going to get plenty of responses with different opinions on what I included and what I did not include (like bunting, but I find that to be less important than eye) and whether it's better to put bat before glove. I like to keep things simple when I can, so after the tough job of picking the nine guys who will play, ranking them in the batting order is easy for me with this list.