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Phillies Need to Strongly Consider Lineup Change for Bryce Harper

Phillies manager Don Mattingly faces pressure to move Bryce Harper out of the No. 3 batting spot after Harper led MLB with 60 plate appearances with two outs and nobody on base through May 31. With an .873 OPS and 139 OPS+, Harper is producing — but the lineup structure is wasting his at-bats in low-leverage situations, a structural inefficiency that a lineup change could correct without any roster move.