The heat of a pennant race can drive an MLB team to make big decisions.
Among them is moving an established contributor who is slumping into a part-time role for the sake of the squad's short-term success. It's not always easy, but oftentimes the move has to be made for the good of the team.
Ahead we'll take a closer look at five slumping players who need to be benched.
In order to be considered for inclusion, a player needed to have a realistic chance of being benched, not just reduced production of late.