What makes a good #3 hitter?

[JOELKING]

wockenfuss , I hate to breaak it to you, but I dont see a positive clutch with casey, however i look again, on the rating disk, when i get home from work tonight.

[JOELKING]

Here is just a sample of a lineup I like to used, to give maybe a better understanding of decent lineup

1) Ichrio RF
2) J Burke C getting amazing results from this guy, and yes great clutch
3 Casey 1b) I like him better then helton.
4) Beltre 3b) the best homerun hitter on this lineup
5) Damon CF does have positive clutch
6) M.Young SS another positve clutch with a high OBP/AVG
7) Huff DH alot power against both
8) cora 2b, good #8 hitter
9) Valent LF another power bat, i have used Robinson here too i find better results with Valent

[SEANCALHOON]

I am looking for top OPS. I would prefer to have a high avg. +.300 too but that can be hard to find at times.

A perfect MLB player for the #3 hole is Bonds.

In the 2005 game, I liked Mora.
Could hit RHs and LHs, and had a high OBP + Slg.

In the '69 game, I have gravitated to Wynn.
Although he has a .263 Avg. he has a great OPS.

If you put high OBP hitters in front of a high OPS hitter, runs will be scored.



Ed. Note: I like power/high offense teams, so I might be biased a little to stray from Avg. if I can get a top HR/power guy.

[CHARLESBELL]

The flaw in your approach, helium56, in my opinion is that now you have two of your best OBP hitters batting 8th and 9th - ie, getting LESS ABs and therefore fewer opportunities to score. It also means that you have lesser hitters at #2 and/or #3, with fewer opportunities to bring home the #8, #9, and #1 hitters. You may have maximized the ABs of your best overall hitter, but you've reduced the overall effectiveness of your lineup.

In devilrages expample, your lineup would look something like this:

1) Casey 1b) I like him better then helton.
2) Beltre 3b) the best homerun hitter on this lineup
3) Damon CF does have positive clutch
4) M.Young SS another positve clutch with a high OBP/AVG
5) Huff DH alot power against both
6)cora 2b, good #8 hitter
7) Valent LF
8) Ichrio RF
9) J Burke C

That is a lot of OBP at the bottom of the lineup. And your worst hitters are filling the 4-7 spots in the lineup and drawing more ABs. Both those conditions means potentially fewer trips through the lineup and fewer ABs for your #1 hitter, the opposite of what you are trying to achieve. You can rearrange the middle of the order to some extent, but it will still cause problems.

[FoggyOne]

Dev: yu are correct. I must be thinking of last year's casey.....+9 clutch