Bottom of the ninth with two out and the game on the line, who would you prefer batting? If you can answer that question definitively, then it does matter on who is batting seventh versus ninth.
If you're sitting breaking ball, you have time to adjust mid swing accordingly and put the ball in play,. It's just somewhat baffling that Barger hasn't made the adjustment yet. It's way overdue.
Barger better make the adjustment to the breaking ball, that's all he's been seeing lately. Is it really that difficult to go up and sit on a breaking ball? He'll see more fastballs as a result.
Kirk needs to be a little more subtle when popping his glove up on the framing of low strikes. He used to be better than what I've been seeing so far this year and cost Lauer a strike out on that 3-2 curve.