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Originally Posted by Cappy
Do you have any sources for this, just asking if there are any ball players/managers that agree with that assessment.
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It's fairly conventional thinking I believe. Generally agreed with by sabermetricians that I've seen.
http://www.coachdeck.com/articles/ho...e-the-pros.asp
Additionally because more balls are hit to LF than RF you're more likely to have an alignment where the CF shifts towards the gap in left centerfield. That means more ground to be covered by the right fielder (thus you want your 2nd best OF to your RF).
I mean it's not like the difference between 1B and SS... we're talking more a slight difference then a gapping one.