1. You’d burn a PH right off the bat, shortening your bench by 1.
2. It only pushes the pitcher bat slot back by 3
3. Disrupts the middle of your order with the pitcher having to bat the 2nd time around (and maybe 3rd)
4. Even if you don’t let the pitcher bat, you would need a PH each time around and would again have sub-par hitters in the 3-hole where you ideally want to have a very good hitter.
Too many negatives to negate the slim positive of pushing the pitcher’s first at bat back 3 slots, IMO
|