He played every non-double header game except for one while with WOO and that was him ramping up. That's pretty much fulltime especially on an Alex Cora roster.
It's loser baseball to play a guy with a worse bat against left handed pitching just for shits and giggles. I guess some people are just playing for the future rather than trying to win now? Duran isn't a better defender than Refsnyder either.
He has a 907 OPS against LHP. He needs to be playing somewhere every time a lefty is starting. If he's starting, at least one of the following has to sit: Yoshida, Duran, Verdugo, Turner, Duvall.
Who is giddy? Who is saying that they are turning a corner and the season is looking better? They are playing the f***ing Royals. If they don't go 7-3 in this stretch, it's a disaster.
Rodon: 27 IP, 6.01 xFIP, forearm injury, hamstring injury, out for the year?
Paxton: 75 IP, 3.69 xFIP, 1.3 fWAR, potential QO offer at the end of the year?