For some reason lefty pitchers tend to eat up lefty batters moreso than righties on righties do.
Hence the infamous LOOGY which has now thankfully been mostly nullified. (Sorry notin.)
I certainly agree with your point, but I always get a chuckle out of the word "acceptable"/"unacceptable", i.e. if we determine that it's unacceptable, where do we go from there?
It's something I'll never understand. They're paying players tens or hundreds of millions, but they don't do anything about these hazards built into playing fields that would seem relatively easy to fix.
And it was hailed as a good lock-em-up-early move by the Rays.
Risk comes in many forms.
They might be able to void the contract in a case like this though, I would guess.
Anyone think it might be a good idea to fix the stupid f**king wall? Dodgers have a few dollars AFAIK.
https://nypost.com/2023/08/14/rockies-jurickson-profar-is-latest-dodger-stadium-outfield-wall-victim/
I have no real opinion on it one way or the other. But if Bloom and Cora think it's the right way to go, it's their call and I'm not going to get upset about it.
I'm just being a cold-blooded realist about Yoshida. He's a highly paid DH. And his overall offensive production isn't as good as lower-paid guys with more power like Turner and Duvall.
The resting vs. not resting is obviously a very inexact science, predicated on the idea (presumably backed by stats) that players wear down physically and mentally over the course of the season. The Braves are rejecting the idea. We'll see how it works for them.