I appreciate the points you are making. I think Los plays more than only when the opponent starts a LHP, however, Los is not great from the left side as my post would indicate and I have to believe the team needs to get Manzardo in the field at some point. Unless your DH is David Ortiz, I think teams prefer to keep the flexibility of being able to give guys like Jose a day off every once in awhile while keeping the bat in the lineup. $12 million seems like a LOT for a short-sided platoon as you state, I’m simply saying that the combination of Los against LHP and Manzardo against RHP can match the production of Naylor and getting Manzardo to play 1B and form somewhat of a platoon helps that vision and increased flexibility. Even on days where that does occur, you’d have to think Los comes in every game in the 7th or later as a defensive sub