Originally Posted by
Enscheff
Acuna started the year on fire in the 4 spot. Then he slumped, and Snitker moved him to the 1 hole. Acuna then took off because he's a HoF talent that was bound to bust out of his slump, and everyone talked about batting lead off like it was some sort of elixir despite the fact Acuna just had a good stretch in the 4 hole.
Now that Acuna is struggling again the issue isn't his spot in the lineup for some odd reason, even though that was supposedly the issue when he slumped in the 4 hole.
The cause of the winning was due to pitching getting figured out, but folks still tried to tie it to Acuna batting lead off despite the fact the Braves were scoring the same number of runs, or less depending on the arbitrary cut off dates used.
There is literally zero logic being applied here. That lack of any identifiable logic is the issue, not whether Acuna actually bats 1, 2 or 4. The Braves being managed incompetently and winning despite that due to being extremely talented should be concerning to everyone associated with the organization.