Davey Johnson may decide to move Bryce Harper into a platoon situation, resting the rookie against left-handed pitching the rest of the way. Michael Morse has been hurting as of late with a right hand contusion, and will sit out on Sunday, putting a kibosh on Johnson's musings for now. However, theWashington Nationals managertold the Washington Post that Harper could use a break from pressing so hard to combat the "steady diet of offspeed pitches" he's been facing from lefties of late.
Even though Roger Bernadina is a left-handed hitter, he has managed to hit lefties well in his limited encounters with them in 2012, with a.385 average facing starters of the southpaw variety. Certainly if Johnson wanted to proceed with his plan, he could do so without disrupting his lineup too much and we all know that this team is perfectly fine with protecting their players' futures at the expense of the present.
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