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Nice post.
The key to Saunders LHP issues is that as recently as a month ago, his numbers against LHP were preposterously awful ... I mean, WORSE than the NL pitcher hitting numbers.
In the last month, he has started hitting lefties in a MAJOR way.  I would suspect his home/away against lefties is more fluke than anything -- simply happened to start hitting lefties in a spot in the season where the team got more games at home than on the road.  (Note 7 of his 9 hits against lefties THIS SEASON happened in July)  If my math is right he was 2 for 24 against lefties in the previous 3 months.
Whatever ailed him against lefties ... it ain't hurtin' no more.  And that is HUGE.  The kid has a legit shot at finishing the season over .800 ... with final numbers SUPPRESSED by a 2 for 24 start against LHP!?!  For the first time in nearly a decade, the club looks like it MIGHT actually produce an offensive prospect capable of scaring opponents ... (that wasn't shipped off to the Kansas City finishing school first).