Talk:Questioning the Mets Lineup/@comment-93339-20060417125517

I am not saying that Reyes will score more runs himself batting sixth. However, the bottom of the order will score more runs. Reyes stealing at the top does not provide any advantage because you can just put power hitters there and they will drive in the runs with extra-base hits. On the other hand, placing Reyes at the bottom with a slap-hitter, Lo Duca, creates a situation in which Reyes&quot; stolen bases can actually help the team generate more runs, instead of going to waste at the top. There is ZERO proof that "protecting" a batter actually has any positive effect, so I don&quot;t really have any worry with protecting batters in the lineup. By the way, I never said Floyd was helped by hitting in front of a slap hitter, I said Reyes was helped by hitting in front of a slap-hitter.