Yelich remains out of the lineup again this evening. Per Adam McCalvy... Counsell on Christian Yelich (back): "Improving, but we're going to hold him out of the lineup today." Hiura is back in the #2 spot. It could be a really dumb theory, but I felt like Hiura was well suited for batting 6th right now since it’s a lower pressure spot for him to get at bats. Speaking of the 6th spot, has anyone ever looked at JBJs career splits batting in the 6th spot? For his career he has a .831 OPS when batting 6th (466 plate appearances) which is by far his best of any spot in the batting order where he’s had 200+ PAs. Batting order very well might be silly and meaningless, but I do wonder if certain hitters change their mentality and approach a bit based on where they fall within the order. Regardless, I’ll admit that based on tonight’s collection of hitters guys like Hiura and JBJ probably should be batting in the top five. Lastly, a bit surprised they are going with just two left-handed hitting position players versus Kyle Hendricks. His pitching splits aren’t extreme by any means, but he’s been tougher on RHH than LHH over his career.