Always innovating, Melvin open to new outfield alignments

Having been the first general manager to get his team to liberally use defensive infield shifts a decade ago isn’t enough for Milwaukee’s general manager Doug Melvin. He now wants to pioneer the four-man outfield. Not a matter of routine, of course — but in the ninth inning, when teams protecting a slim lead enter their no-doubles defense, which now simply has corner infielders hugging the line.