Dodgers experiment with Yasiel Puig hitting leadoff

Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig hits a home run during the fourth inning of a game against the Miami Marlins on April 25. (Kelvin Kuo / Associated Press) In an experiment to spark the cold bat of Yasiel Puig, Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts moved him into the leadoff spot for Sunday's series finale. The move looked counterintuitive, giving more at-bats to a player stuck in a rotten stretch of hitting, but Roberts felt it could convey a message.

"It was more of getting him in that mind-set of getting on base," Roberts said. "You look at the last [few weeks] where he's coming out of the strike zone, being extra-aggressive, swinging at balls out of the zone. Putting him in the leadoff spot might…