Be Careful What You Wish For…

It seems like a large number of Dodger fans do not like the platoons. They want to see a lineup that rolls out there every day and is the same. What they fail to realize is that is part of what has made the Dodgers one of the best teams in baseball over the last ten years. Some of you have wanted Jason Heyward to start every game in RF and eliminate platooning. Be careful what you wish for.

For his career, Jason Heyward has a .268 BA against RHP with a .353 OB% and a .788 OPS. Compare that against his splits against LHP: .230 BA. .301 OB% and .643 OPS. After the Dodgers re-tooled his swing, the disparity is even worse. Why on earth would you want that? Maybe so that you could lose more…