re: ATL Thread 5/1 | Braves @ Mets | Doubleheader

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Ozzie needs to go righty. Much better numbers from that side.

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Not better power numbers. And this is moot anyway, because he’ll never do it. Won’t consider it.

I’ve seen his splits before, but it’s been a while. Obviously, he hits for a better average right-handed, but does that provide more value than what he brings from a power standpoint left-handed? That’s not rhetorical, I really don’t know.

But I get the frustration. He uses that bigger bat when he’s hitting left-handed, and he just doesn’t have the same bat-to-ball skill that he does with the smaller bat he uses right-handed. It’s almost like Olson and his big arse bat. It’s like he’s not even swinging AT the ball, just swinging that big arse bat through the zone and hoping he runs into one. And they both do pretty regularly. The Ks are just something you have to live with with that approach.