Acuna and batting order position

Scheff, didnt you want Acuna hitting 4th early in the year.

And Acuna in the 2 hole, with FF/JD behind him is ideal but more AB's if hes leading off and whatnot. Boston hits Mookie leadoff, when they tried hitting Beni leadoff, sometimes getting your best hitters the most AB's is the right move.
 
Betts is not their best hitter. He has the 4th highest ISO and the highest OBP and BB rate on the team.

He is their ideal lead off hitter...like...literally the definition of best lead off option for them.
 
This debate overall doesn't really matter, at least for now because Snitker told ESPN back during the last Nationals series that he's never moving Acuna from leadoff again as long as he's manager.

Now the front office might end up "nudging" him about that eventually, but we heard for a lot of the offseason about how AA was fine with having Acuna/Donaldson/Freeman as the 1-3 as well. This is a war that I think they're pretty unlikely to fight, until someone can do enough to make them change their mind, and although they're now platooning without Nick, I think sticking with platoon leadoff is a bridge too far for Snitker.
 
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.
 
Enscheff said:
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.
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I don't think it's lost on AA.

I just think AA does not want to upset the remaining old school establishment in the front office by letting Snitker go in a winning season. Ultimately he has to answer to McGuirk, but JS/Bobby/Hank/Glav are all in the front office still even with diminished roles and they all back Snit.

Best case scenario would be AA convinces Snit to retire early, we clean house of all the anti-analytics coaches like Weiss and we start a fresh. Black may get cut in Colorado. A good opportunity there perhaps.

We're entering the prime of the window and if we have Snit managing it not making any progress or growth it will be a huge waste.
 
Many managers seem to struggle in this regard. I think more teams should have a bench coach (or a new position) that specializes in in-game strategy. Let the manager handle the locker room and other such things. Or at least find a manager willing to listen to someone who knows what they are talking about.
 
The Chosen One said:
Acuna didn't start as the leadoff hitter this year.

Snit just put him back there eventually because.
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Yeah but the reason I'm saying this debate doesn't matter is that he told ESPN that he felt stupid and wrong for doing it months later, and as long as he's manager, he's not leaving the leadoff spot again.

It also doesn't really matter as AA said a few times he'd actually have preferred to just go Acuna/Donaldson/Freeman as the top 3 and figure out the rest earlier this year.

For those reasons, this is 1 thing I think Alex chooses to not fight as long as there's not a better full time option for #1. If there ever is, he'll fight it, even if it's just Ozzie improving as a LHH and making it a good idea to swap them.
 
This is just a weird picture. Photo? Does Soto have a skin condition?
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I usually just read... but the irony that some people are calling Acuna a HoF talent now when they had 164847+ page thread denying him like Peter did Jesus. There is a mental aspect to every sport/game that overweight couch goblins or underfed pizza-face keyboard GMs will never understand because they are as athletic as Donald Trump.

TLDR; If it’s not broke, don’t fix it. He will get out of the slump.
 
Sheffield10 said:
I usually just read... but the irony that some people are calling Acuna a HoF talent now when they had 164847+ page thread denying him like Peter did Jesus. There is a mental aspect to every sport/game that overweight couch goblins or underfed pizza-face keyboard GMs will never understand because they are as athletic as Donald Trump.

TLDR; If it’s not broke, don’t fix it. He will get out of the slump.
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Clown.
 
Sheffield10 said:
I usually just read... but the irony that some people are calling Acuna a HoF talent now when they had 164847+ page thread denying him like Peter did Jesus. There is a mental aspect to every sport/game that overweight couch goblins or underfed pizza-face keyboard GMs will never understand because they are as athletic as Donald Trump.

TLDR; If it’s not broke, don’t fix it. He will get out of the slump.
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I can promise you my baseball playing experience is much more extensive than yours, so drop the "he never played the game" crap. Tell me who signed your paychecks, and then maybe you'll have a case against me. Until then, keep reminiscing about your high school glory days in East PoDunk Academy where you batted 7th for a terrible team.

Fact of the matter is these decisions are made by folks who never played the game at a high level. These nerds make these decisions now because they are smarter than the clowns like you who don't know anything other than a list of cliches.

Further, nobody denied he was a great talent. The only thing folks denied was that he would go 30/30 his rookie year, and that was almost entirely based on the lack of PAs he was going to get. In fact, I stated he was very likely to reach 30/30 in future seasons when given 650+ PAs.

But yes, I agree, Acuna will snap out of this funk...just like he would have in the 4 hole.
 
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Sheffield10 said:
I usually just read... but the irony that some people are calling Acuna a HoF talent now when they had 164847+ page thread denying him like Peter did Jesus. There is a mental aspect to every sport/game that overweight couch goblins or underfed pizza-face keyboard GMs will never understand because they are as athletic as Donald Trump.

TLDR; If it’s not broke, don’t fix it. He will get out of the slump.
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How dare you!!!
 
Enscheff said:
I can promise you my baseball playing experience is much more extensive than yours, so drop the "he never played the game" crap. Tell me who signed your paychecks, and then maybe you'll have a case against me. Until then, keep reminiscing about your high school glory days in East PoDunk Academy where you batted 7th for a terrible team.
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LOL! Good grief.
 
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