by slomo007 » Sat Apr 10, 2004 6:47 pm
I agree that it will decrease his SBs..but that is all it will do. When the 2nd spot gets on base, why risk stealing when the 3rd spot (Juan-Gone, or Sweeney) is at bat. You have a good chance at a home-run, or at least a double, in which case Beltran should be able to score from first. I can't think of a good SB guy who bats second, other than maybe Randy Winn, and he isn't really that good.