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How long will Ender Inciarte continue to leadoff?

How many games into a season does a manager have to wait until the sample size is large enough to start making lineup adjustments?

This is a question Brian Snitker will undoubtedly wrestle with over the coming days particularly as it applies to the leadoff position. Snitker has been employing Ozzie Albies to hit leadoff against lefties and Ender Inciarte against righties. The Braves are only five games into the season, but Albies has made about as strong of a case to take the leadoff spot regardless of the opposing starter as one can make during that amount of time.