It sounded like that if the Phillies followed through with this unnecessary plan to remove Schwarber from the leadoff spot, it’d be with the idea of batting him fourth and Bryce Harper second. Today, though, it was Schwarber two and Harper three in between Trea Turner and Alec Bohm. That doesn’t really seem optimal; if you’re willing to bat the lefties back-to-back, hit them first and second and then let Turner bat third. None of the minutiae makes all that much of a difference, but the most important thing here should be to keep the team’s two best hitters from batting with none on and two outs with much regularity.
