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Originally Posted by PerfectMisnomer
I'm going to try and have my pitcher bat 8th with my best hitter batting 2nd in my online league. Statistically I don't know how many extra bats the pitcher gets by moving up one slot, but I would think my best batter gets more at bats out of it by moving up to #2. I remember there was a debate on the issue on Baseball Tonight a long while back.
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I think the rule of thumb is moving up 1 spot in the order is about 20 PAs/season.
I haven't actually looked at the numbers, but since you want your high OBP guys at the top, it might be worth it to have 20 more pitcher/PH PA's if it means having more runners on when your best hitters are up.