You mean the 2 hole where he went 0-28 at one point last year or the 2 hole where he barely had a better OPS than while he batted 5th last year. It has nothing to do with it, he had a lot of bad luck early and he slumped the last couple weeks. The position in the order is not the answer. To be fair, Hardy in his career is a .280/.327/.484 batting 2nd. Compares to .237/.269/.361 batting 5th. But I agree once he starts hitting it really wont matter, Hardy has proved he is a good hitter. He is just in a slump right now, it happens.