00:00I mean, again, I'll just give you some numbers and perspective.
00:03It's pretty clear now one of the reasons for that 16-4 run
00:07was that the parade of left-handed starters stopped.
00:11This is just a completely different team, left-handers and right-handers.
00:15So, overall, hitting 217 against left-handers,
00:19which is almost at the bottom of the sport.
00:21The Braves are, the Braves' average is 40 points higher.
00:24Their slugging is 60 points higher against left-handers.
00:28I mean, that's a big, big problem.
00:31But then, how about this?
00:34The Phillies' right-handed hitters against left-handed starters
00:37are hitting 207 with a 281 on base.
00:42It's the third worst in Major League Baseball.
00:45And, I mean, there's a lot going on here, too.
00:49The back end of the roster has just been awful against left-handers.
00:54Marshawn, Crawford, Kemp are 6-for-60 against left-handers.
01:01But it's also, it's JT at 207.
01:04It's Trey Turner at 217.
01:07Adelis Garcia at 229.
01:11To be honest, the more you look at it,
01:14doesn't it feel like it's a roster construction problem?
01:16They just haven't done a good job of stocking the roster
01:20with right-handed hitters who give them a platoon advantage
01:25when there are left-handed pitchers pitching.
01:28And that has to be a huge target at the deadline
01:32if they even wait that long.
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