Meh. 1) When you are batting, you are batting. It doesn't matter what spot you are in. 2) You only know who leads off the very first inning. After that, it's a crapshoot. If you are in the 5-hole but lead off the 2nd inning does that matter?
Mixing up the lineup based on matchups and resting players is the proven better strategy at the major league level.
1) Yeah it's not that easy. Where you hit determines what you are in the line up for and psychologically important to the hitter.
2) Then just hit Seymour as lead off, Mueller clean up, and Lanzilli 9th, who cares if its just a crapshoot after that. There's a reason "the top half of the line up is due up in the 9th" is an important factor.
Most MLB line ups have mainstays who know where they are going to hit most of the season (i.e. our Seymours, Fricks, and Lanzilli's). Match ups usually are for fringe players who are better against LHPs or RHPs. Also they have a bigger sample size thus able to manipulate line ups early in the season. We are appraching halfway thru
Is there a reason Shane Muntz is not in the lineup so Mueller can play? Turconi should be in infield not dh if Muntz is available to dh.
Also surprised to see Muntz seeing as much time on the bench as he has, but do think you need to continue to play Mueller after two straight seasons with an OBP north of .400