Matt Clement

I got the power behind me.

I'm seeing different pitches.

The next day, if I move down to five, I don't have as good of a player behind me then.

Yeah, so each at-bat, it becomes way different based on where you're located, especially in those spots in the lineup.

And just because of who's behind you, who's in front of you, how pitchers might attack you.

And, you know, two-hole guy, first guy gets on, I got to get him over.

I'm used to doing that and move down to a different spot.

First guy gets on, they may need to hit the ball out of the yard this time, not necessarily get the guy over.

So I think it can mess, but at the same time, I can't blame Donnie Kelly when people struggle moving him down.

Or if you have absurd splits, and what I mean by that is I'm awful against, like Cruz last year against lefties was 102.

I'm not going to leave him in a one or two hole against Chris Sale when he's 102.

I'm going to move him down.

So some of the splits and how you do against some of those players is going to dictate where they put you in the lineup.

Absolutely.

And I think you're seeing a little bit of that from him right now.

I was fortunate enough in my career to have two only minor league and major league relief appearances.

The first guy I pitched in the big leagues and the last day of the four times I pitched my rookie year.

So I never had that.

And if I put myself in his situation...

I'm not going to lie.