Astros: Dusty Baker’s recent comments on his lineup shuffle

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Manager Dusty Baker is trying out a new lineup card on Sunday, and it’s a smart one.

The Houston Astros‘ lineup has changed mightily since Alex Bregman hit the injured list, but with manager Dusty Baker moving Yordan Alvarez into the two-hole in correlation to how Kyle Schwarber leads off for the Washington Nationals, there are bright spots to his new plan.

With this being the lineup card for Sunday’s game, Alvarez isn’t the only player finding a new spot one through nine. Michael Brantley jumped into the fourth spot, where Baker sees him as the man to clean up the bases. Which in reality makes sense, the left-hander is slashing .317/.354/.483…