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Time to Give Up on Judge batting second?




I never liked Boone's idea or arguments for Judge to hit second in the lineup. Maybe I am just old school, but

power hitters should bat 3rd or 4th. I am sure the stats would back me up that the few times batting second got

Judge an extra at bat in a game are massively outweighed by all the times he comes to the plate with no one on base. Just think about all those solo home funs that could have been crooked numbers instead. Or the doubles he hits and then gets stranded at second base.

Now that Torres is making good contact and not trying to reach the seats, the lineup should be DJ, Torres, Gio, Judge. When Stanton is healthy and not on fire he would bat 5th; if he was hot then I would move Judge up, Stanton 4th and Gio 5th. Those guys are the heart of the team and I would not worry about righty/lefty matchups either. How nice it would be to have a steady lineup day in and day out for a change.

Oh, and firing Boone would also be a good idea.

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