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by sandtats on October 20th, 2006

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What does it mean when a batter is said to be "protecting" the hitter in front of him in the lineup?

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  • by D-Miller on October 30th, 2006

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    What that means is putting someone behind another in the batting order so they'll be less inclined to pitch around them. Carlos Delgado hits 4th in the batting order right behind Carlos Beltran. Beltran is more likely to see good pitches to hit because the pitcher doesn't want to walk him with Delgado up next. If someone the caliber of Delgado wasn't hitting behind Beltran, Beltran would never see any good pitches to hit, much like what Barry Bonds sees in SF. With noone dangerous hitting behind Bonds, teams constantly walk him because theres no threat behind him in the order.

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    • Thanks so much, appreciate it! :-)
      Sandra~

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      by sandtats on October 31st, 2006

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