
Dusty Baker said that Brandon Phillips will hit fourth at least at the start of the year.“The way the lineup is right now, yeah,” Baker said. Phillips' numbers were down last year from 2007. He hit .288 with 30 home runs and 94 RBI in '07. Last year, he hit .261 with 21 homers and 78.“in my opinion Brandon will have a good year," Baker said. In baseball sometimes You struggle, sometimes a little bit in third or fourth year. Brandon will readjust. Sometimes they wouldn’t throw Brandon a lot of strikes. Sometimes when you’re in the middle of it, you can’t see it. I think brandon will take some time away and you step back and see things.This ticks me off. Phillips hitting cleanup vs LHP. Fine. Against RHP? Absolutely not. This offense is already going to have some problems scoring runs and it doesn't help matters that our manager can't fill out a decent lineup. Phillips need to either hit second where he'll maybe stop swinging for the fences, or sixth. Brandon Phillips is not a cleanup hitter and it's a shame Dusty Baker doesn't realize this. I see Edwin taking on the clean up role shortly after the season starts. I dont Baker doesnt want to pressure him or put him back in the swing for the fences mindset. But I can see him settling there soon enough. I belive it Would be great to move Brandon down to 2 hole. Still use his speed on the bases for Votto and Bruce.

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