The switch-hitter's whole reason to exist is to neutralize the pitcher's platoon advantage.

Lefty pitcher … a switch-hitter bats righty. Righty pitcher … he bats lefty. It's one of the most fundamental strategies of baseball. You switch-hit to gain the best matchup no matter who's on the mound.

But what happens when a pitcher is so weird that the normal platoon "advantage" might actually be the wrong side to hit from?

That's the conundrum the Dodgers' Tommy Edman is facing in the World Series, which is creating one of the more fun mini-chess matches of the postseason.

The Blue Jays' top two starters are Trey Yesavage and Kevin Gausman , the latter of whom Edman is about to face for the second time in Game 6 as the Blue Jays try to clinch a World Series title.

Both Yesavage and

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