One of the first things baseball fans learn about the sport we love is that left-handed pitchers excel at getting left-handed hitters out. And, like a lot of what we learn about the game, it’s not completely accurate.
(I don’t know how to break this to you, but the tie does not go to the runner.)
In 2016, left-handed pitcher Matt Strahm had reverse platoon splits: he got right-handed hitters out more easily than left-handed hitters — righties hit .118, lefties hit .292.
If Strahm is going to be given an important role at the back end of the Royals bullpen and someday be in the starting rotation, it would be a good idea to figure out how to get left-handed hitters out more efficiently.