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This is just a wild, speculative guess that I'm pulling out of nowhere, but MAYBE it has to do with the fact that Ryan O'Hearn has a pathetic .541 career OPS vs lefty pitching, over 200 points lower than vs right. And Minnesota brought in a lefty. And now we have a superior defensive rightfielder the rest of the game too.