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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
Molina should never, ever ,ever hit in front of the pitcher. How successful is he going to be lumbering down to second on a sac bunt from the pitcher? If you hit Wong 8th, then when he gets on, he has the speed to potentially steal a base, and if not, he won't get gunned down on anything but a perfectly placed bunt.
Hit him seventh and that problem largely goes away.
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Yes, but it’s not like he’s not going to be clogging the bases any less at 7th. There aren’t any perfect spots to hide how slow he is and if he is hitting with Wong on first and one out or less you can hit and run with him. There are positives and negatives to both, Wong has more pluses right now to hit higher.
None of this matters anyway, because Matheny will hit him 5th or 6th where he can kill rallies hitting into double plays.