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Ive got Henderson in LF, Dale Murphy in Center and Evans in RF with Singleton as DH. However, although I think I have Evans 832 OPS year, Evans is doing pretty bad so I am thinking of dropping him prior to the game 41 mark.

What is better fielding wise: Rickey in lf 1(0), Murphy in Center 1(-3) and Singleton in RF 3(-1) or Singleton in lf 3(-1), Rickey in CF 2(0) and Murphy in RF 1(-3)?

Rickey, Murph, Singleton (1,1,3) is better fielding wise than
Singleton, Rickey, Murph (3,2,1).

Either way you have a 1 and a 3 at the corner OF spots. The difference is a 1 vs a 2 in CF.

I concur with LMB. It might be worth spelling out what's implied in his reply, which is that while it would be nice to have Murphy's arm in RF, it's much more important to have that 1 in CF.