Yasmani Grandal:
At the beginning of the 2017 season, Yasmani Grandal was entrenched at catcher as a switch-hitting power threat for the Dodgers. Although most of his power came from the left side, he was well established as the starter against both right-handed and left-handed pitchers.
However, Grandal’s season didn’t go exactly as planned. Although he continued to mash from the left side of the plate to the tune of 20 home runs in 352 at-bats, he still suffered from a lack of power from the right side hitting, only 2 round trippers. Grandal had still hit for average from the right side as recently as 2015 but has done poorly since then, including a .