 Hello and welcome to stats that exist, but do not matter episode number 25 this one's brought to you by hat flags Dot-com now everybody knows that the third time through the order is becoming a bit of a problem Managers do not trust their picture to face the same set of batters a third time in the same game They'll take the guy out even if he's cruising even if he's lights out even if it's a world series game It's a bit much. I wanted to find the hitter last season that was the best The second time through the order the best the second time He saw a starting pitcher in the same game now Freddy Freeman. He was pretty good He was pretty good rookie Alec Bohm Also really good against a starting pitcher the second time he sees him in the game Acuna. He was great He was really great the second time he saw the same starting pitcher in a game, but Juan Soto was The best I mean he was lights out when facing a starting pitcher for the second time in that game Juan Soto had an on base percentage of six fifty six Fifty he had 40 played appearances and nine of them He got walked and one of them he got hit by the pitch So take ten off the top drop it down to 30. He had 16 hits in those 30 at bats three home runs three doubles That's pretty insane 40 times the starting pitcher Saw Juan Soto a second time in the game and they only got him out 14 of those 40 times now the reason this doesn't really matter is because it's not exactly actionable What's the manager going to do take out the starting pitcher in the fourth inning just because Juan Soto's up I mean unless it's bases loaded a tie game in the end of september in a pennant race I don't think that's happening. What are you going to do pitch around Juan Soto? He's an on base guy So he'll just take the walk and say thanks Not really an actionable item all you can do is suck it up and let Juan Soto just beat the shit out of you The second time he sees you in the game pretty impressive Now this one was brought to you by hat flags.com Everyone's got a lot of hats that likes baseball too many hats Everyone's got a mom or a girlfriend or fiance or a wife that is sick of finding hats all over the house hat flags.com has the best customizable and affordable hat Hangers on the market they go right on the wall your hat hangs on there You turn your hat into a decoration the place looks cool. Everyone's happy. They're not all about they have three m damage free command strips, which is really nice And if you use promo code johnboy 25 you get 25 off your order So go organize your hats make them look nice And thank you to hat flags.com