Verdugo and went 1-for-4 with a walk in Saturday's 9-7 win over the Angels.

EDGE Analysis

Verdugo has been an on-base machine early on, reaching base safely in 14 of the first 15 games played. The outfielder sports a career-high .379 OBP and 10.6 percent walk rate while cutting down on strikeouts. Those are the traits manager Alex Cora saw when deciding to have Verdugo lead off against righties.