When the Cubs offense was struggling just a few days ago, it was easy to come up with solutions in theory as an armchair/press box/Twitter manager.
The lineup appears to have its mojo back the last few days, but now the postseason — and Game 163 — is upon us, so each individual game carries far more weight than the previous 162.
One such theory was to tinker with the batting order, namely to move Daniel Murphy out of the leadoff spot and into the middle of the order.
After all, Murphy is the league's best hitter with runners in scoring position since the start of the 2016 season (.