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Dodgers Lineups: Why Mookie Betts Is the Best Daily Leadoff Option

Just three games into the season, some fans of the Dodgers have already been voicing their displeasure over the daily lineup cards written by skipper Dave Roberts.

Many of those same fans were under the presumption that newly extended superstar Mookie Betts would cement himself atop of the Los Angeles lineup, finally offering a solution to the uncertainties the Dodgers had at the leadoff spot over the last several seasons.

But, although Betts hit first against lefty Tyler Anderson in the second game of the season on Friday, the not-so-much fleet of foot Max Muncy led off in the other two games against the right-handed starters of the Giants.