Here's the thing, if Mike Jacobs is in the line-up he needs to hit clean-up but that doesn't make him the ideal clean-up hitter. Jacobs is the only lefty who can be placed between your two big righties but he also needs the protection those two give him. To put him lower in the order with Frenchy and Barajas could result in a lot of nine pitch, three K innings. Still Jake possesses enough power that despite his four K's in six at bats, pitchers are pitching very careful around him.For those who wanted gritty fiery type players, Jake does bring that. When the Mets tied the Marlins in the second game of the year after coming back from five runs down, he was the first player to the steps to greet the runner. Last night, I attended my first game of the year, in the ninth I made my way down to the Mets dugout side. Jacobs was in the hole as a pinch hitter, he never made it to the plate but it was hard to keep him in the dugout, with Matthews on-deck Jacobs looked like h...
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