After 98 games this season, the Washington Nationals have a combined .284/.358/.485 line against left-handed pitchers, good for 2nd/1st/2nd amongst National League teams, and a less impressive .246/.319/.416 line against righties, good for 9th/9th/11th among the NL’s 15 teams. So, Nats’ GM Mike Rizzo was asked in an MLB Network Radio interview last week, is a left-handed bat who can help improve the numbers against right-handers on the list of their needs as the trade deadline approaches at the end of the month?
“It’s something that we look at,” Rizzo said, but, “we like our left-handed depth on the roster.