The Royals are facing a left-hander today and the lineup shows what might be a problem for the team going forward, even if the rookies only continue to improve: they’re almost all left-handed hitters.
Vinnie Pasquantino and Nicky Lopez will both get the night off (or at least most of the night off) because the Dodgers will start left-hander Andrew Heaney. That still leaves a lineup featuring three left-handers and fills the bench with lefties. The good news for the Royals is that Heaney doesn’t actually have a huge difference in his splits. The bad news is that this is because no one has hit him well in his first six starts of the season for the Dodgers.