It's time for Dugas to go back to being the leadoff hitter so we can win a championship.

When our offense was at it's best, Dugas was hitting leadoff. Obviously, when he was fresh off the injury, it made sense to eventually drop him because you could see the issues he was having at the plate, almost immediately after the injury.

I also understand getting Crews the most at bats. I'm not saying that's a bad strategy either, he's been the most consistent offensive player all year. Him and White being 1 and 2 are probably part of the reason we're seeing these starting pitchers being chased from the games so early.

That said, I think Crews should be used a little differently. I think he also needs to be hitting with a potential runner (or 2) on base. Pearson hasn't been terrible in that regard, though. I just think we've positioned 2 of our best hitters in a spot that limits their effectiveness with the amount of runs they can score/drive in.

We have a guy with 100 RBIs batting 2nd, and with how ineffective the bottom part of our lineup has been, essentially, you're only giving him a shot to drive in Crews or maybe Pearson. At least drop them each 1 spot in the lineup, and if not Dugas, maybe someone else can be leadoff. IMO, it'd be better to have Dugas and Tre ahead of them, but beggars can't be choosers.

I feel like the lineup we've gone with was a better lineup when the wind was blowing in and made sense then. It allowed us to play more of a small ball game, rely on pitching and manufacture some runs.

Also, I would add to this that most of our HRs in Omaha have been 1 run shots. It will continue to be that way if we don't allow Crews and Tommy to hit with people on base.

Thoughts, opinions, should I go screw myself?