Two lefty batters..... batter A) .467 w/ 3 K's...1HR, 4 RBI the other batter B) .280 w/ 3 K's & 4-6 stolen bases
Two righties.....batter C) .262 w/ 21K's, 2HR, 8 RBI...the other.....batter D) .120 w/7 K's
You need to bat two of the 4......do you go matchups depending on the pitcher....or just put in 2 of the guys and roll with it? At this point, their defensive positions aren't really a factor
Who do you play....and why?
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There's no question the two lefty's will play. They look to get on base more, power seems to be a wash because there is no discernible difference and the strike out rate is lower with the lefty's.
Now if the two righty's had OBP of .380 or higher then I would probably go with them. But just based on BA I would go with the lefty's.
I guess I should mention that batter A has half the AB's at this point that C and D do but I don't think that changes the thinking
Even with that...I'm with you.....but evidently not everyone thinks like us 
on the numbers alone the response is obvious.
That being said there isn't enough info here to make the correct choice. We don't see the players, the AB's that generated the numbers, the practice time and habits...the sample size is to small for the stats to be meaningful.
Your assessment of the stats may be spot on, we don't know, nor can we tell from the limited data posted - IMO
Unless one of the players is on a hot streak I don't think there is enough data. I would base it on preseason, last season and ol' fashioned instinct ***Disclaimer...this opinion is coming from a retired youth coach who also maintained a C average in statistical analysis****
Batter A and D are no-brainers. “A” would always play and “D” would rarely play.
I would go with Batter B over Batter C except MAYBE in a smaller ballpark or against a pitcher who’s prone to give up the long ball.
hshuler posted:Batter A and D are no-brainers. “A” would always play and “D” would rarely play.
I would go with Batter B over Batter C except MAYBE in a smaller ballpark or against a pitcher who’s prone to give up the long ball.
Lol....you would think that that would be the case wouldn't you.....
My parents could not understand but to me the biggest qualifier in most situations was obp. I don't care how you get there as long as you get there. I have had guys who always found a way.
IMO, matchups are overrated for the right-hand hitters in college ball. In my son's D3 conference, half of the RHHs hit better against RHPs than they do against LHPs. Obviously, this is mostly due to seeing 5-10 times as many pitches from righties all through youth and high school. Now the LHH do tend to have bad numbers against LHPs (same reason), so I can make an argument for avoiding those matchups. I can't find matchup data at higher levels of college ball; I wouldn't be surprised if it was more in line with pro numbers.
MidAtlanticDad posted:IMO, matchups are overrated for the right-hand hitters in college ball. In my son's D3 conference, half of the RHHs hit better against RHPs than they do against LHPs. Obviously, this is mostly due to seeing 5-10 times as many pitches from righties all through youth and high school. Now the LHH do tend to have bad numbers against LHPs (same reason), so I can make an argument for avoiding those matchups. I can't find matchup data at higher levels of college ball; I wouldn't be surprised if it was more in line with pro numbers.
My son said the same thing....he's a RHH and would much rather bat (and hits better) against RHP. He said every RHP on their team feels that way.
My son is a lefty hitter and would much rather face a lefty then a submariner... this week that very situation happened a team took out a submariner for the lefty to face him in late innings - I laughed the moment the coach came out of the dugout!
Our 14U travel team has 2 LHP/ 1RHP coaches. They see roughly 50/50 in BP. When they do get a lefty in a game, it’s no big deal to them.
