BRADENTON, Fla. — The new outfield makes its debut Saturday.
Starling Marte, Andrew McCutchen and Gregory Polanco will start the portion of Saturday’s split-squad games against the Orioles at LECOM Park: Marte in center, McCutchen in right, Polanco in left. They will also bat in order, with Marte second, McCutchen third and Polanco clenaup, though manager Clint Hurdle said not to read too much into that.
“Right now Marte and Polanco are on the same work schedule prior to their departure [for the World Baseball Classic], so they will be playing,” Hurdle said. “Andrew will be [Saturday] and we’ll see how it piggybacks.