In a singular game over 162 games, batting orders aren’t sometime to get mad online about. Though, over a full Major League Baseball season an optimized lineup could add up to somewhere between one and four more wins.
That’s worth roughly more money than Daniel Murphy cost the Colorado Rockies, so it’s a small thing that could add up. In fact, one could make an easy argument that Charlie Blackmon‘s marvelous 2017 season spent in the leadoff spot, put Colorado over the top for the final playoff spot in the National League.