The New York Mets have a budding star in Michael Conforto, but they continue to deploy their best offensive player first in the batting order.
Conforto has hit exceptionally well in the one hole, but the Mets have to realize that batting Conforto third would be best for the offense, even when Yoenis Cespedes returns from his DL stint.
There is a thought among certain fans in the baseball world that batting one of your team’s better hitters first allows them to accumulate more plate appearances over the course of an entire season.
This is a true fact that is backed by statistical studies conducted by “sabermetric” statistician Bill James.