One of the leading narratives coming out of last year was that Phils’ manager Gabe Kapler liked to tinker with the lineup. It seemed like we could never guess which guy was going to be rested on any given day or which non-natural position Scott Kingery would be playing.
The data backs this up. Over the course of the season’s 162 games, Kapler had 95 different defensive alignments and 138 different batting orders (neither including pitchers). For the batting orders, this stacked up as slightly above average in the National League.