his splits throughout his career have consistently been worse againt lefties, so i don’t think he was ever in the running for that role.

even without the splits, i don’t see misch as much of a reliever anyway as he’s always had issues w/ walks (even persisting into this seemingly impressive ST). in a perfect world i’d try to take advantage of his impressive GB% and utilize him as a lefty spot starter if anything, though takahashi seems to make that argument moot.