Marlins move Yelich into third spot, drop Stanton to cleanup
Marlins manager Dan Jennings made a few tweaks to his lineup Wednesday against the Blue Jays, including moving slugger Giancarlo Stanton to cleanup for the first time this season. Stanton had hit third in every game he played this season.
Taking the third spot in the lineup was outfielder Christian Yelich, who hit first, second, fifth, sixth and seventh this season before Wednesday's game.
Stanton is having a pretty good start to June. He is batting .321 (9 for 28) with a .857 slugging percentage, 1.224 OPS, three doubles, four home runs and five RBI in seven games. In 98 career games batting cleanup, Stanton has a .263/.504/.868 slash line.
Yelich has a .280/.366/.753 slash line in 25 career games batting third. He is off to slow start in June, batting .200 in seven games, but he is batting .276 since May 23.
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