Found April 11, 2009 on Mets Fever: Yardbarker Blogger Network
I was reading Matt at Metsblog's post on Luis Castillo's slow start to the season and I have to wonder if Louie has been set-up for failure. I posted about a week before the season that I thought it was a mistake to hit Murphy 2nd and Louie 8th. Murphy is doing well in the two hole which I expected to happen but he could also hit anywhere else in the line-up and be productive. However, Louie's skill set is more specific and is best utilized at the top of the order other wise he goes from being a productive out to an automatic out.All anyone has to do is look at his career numbers batting outside of the 1-2 spot, there is a significant drop in his BA and OBP especially at the bottom of the order. I don't believe it's a coincidence that Castillo's numbers abruptly dropped from spring training to the start of the year, the difference has been his place in the batting order. I've heard many say that Castillo needs to produce to move up in the order but if whe...
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