Albert Almora, who entered Saturday hitting .346 with a .976 OPS against left-handers, became the Cubs’ 10th leadoff hitter this season.
“It is unusual,” Maddon said of the high number of leadoff men since Dexter Fowler left as a free agent. “But I’m OK [with it]. The guys have all responded to it pretty well.”
Subtracting the failed six-week leadoff experiment with Kyle Schwarber, the other Cub leadoff men combined to hit .251 with a .322 on-base percentage, .784 OPS and 50 runs scored.
Cubs’ leadoff men this year:
- Kyle Schwarber
- Ben Zobrist
- Jon Jay
- Anthony Rizzo
- Ian Happ
- Jason Heyward
- Javy Baez
- Willson Contreras
- Matt Szczur
- Albert Almora Jr.
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