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Benintendi not platoon player, just in slump

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"I think when we go through a stretch where there's maybe two, three games where you take advantage of your roster, all of a sudden it becomes a platoon," said Farrell. "He's not a platoon player. But you pick spots where guys can maybe spark an offense with Chris Young being inserted. I don't see him as a platoon player."

After a fast start, Benintendi hasn't been able to generate any production in the past three weeks. In his past 64 at-bats entering Thursday, the left-handed hitter slashed .125/.234/.141 with five RBIs and just one extra-base hit, a double.