I hate arguing about who is less valuable, you can make a good case for Escobar being behind Gomez at this point. Escobar hasn't really had a lot of Major League at bats, so if you compare his minor league numbers to Gomez you will see that Gomez leads in OBP, SLG and wOBA. At best you can say that it is yet to be determined that Gomez is a worse hitter than Escobar. If you look at how the lineup tool projects the best lineup, it's very similar to how "The Book" would plan a lineup. You could argue that 7-9 might be changed a bit and the 3 spot might go to someone else, but otherwise it seems to follow how Tom Tango might plan it out. There are so many possibilities and variables, but I think the take home message from that chapter of "The Book" was to place your best hitters highest in the lineup, and we both agree that Gomez and Escobar are not part of the Brewers best hitters this year.