Should Dunn be moved down in the batting order?

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Originally Posted by SteelSD

And I hate the fact that Aurilia is at the Shortstop position rather than being the platoon guy at 1B. But it is what it is- an attempt to maximize the offensive output of the 2006 Reds while fielding a pitching staff and defense that doesn't do a great job of not allowing Runs.

This is the part I am actually interested in regarding this thread, since the Dunn stuff has been rehashed 100 times.

What would you recommend doing with SS given the assumption that Phillips stays at 2B rest of this year and your options are Aurillia, Clayton and Castro?
Does the lift from Aurillia's offense, at least against against LHP, offset his defensive deficiencies compared to the other two? Who would you use at SS vs righties? vs lefties? I don't like Aurillia as my starting SS, but I've been of the mindset it is a better option than Clayton or Castro.

Sorry if this has been talked elsewhere. I'm on here every day and I've missed it if it has been talked.

[UK Reds Fan]

Originally Posted by SMcGavin

Steel, what you posted about RISP correlations to runs scored was really interesting. RISP has always been the one time that I actually looked at batting average. Do you know if those correlations have been true in past seasons as well?

As for Dunn, I would hit him 3rd. Hatteberg is our best OBP guy, I like him 2nd. With Dunn 3rd he still gets the protection that seemed to help him so much earlier this year. I'd go:

RF Freel
1B Hatte
LF Dunn
3B Edwin
CF Griffey
C Ross
SS Aurilia
2B Phillips

Probably best lineup since Dunn is really not effected by LHP vs. RHP. Your balance is still there from lefty vs. righty.