Cleveland and The No Good, Very Bad Lefties

There are eight billion people worldwide, many with different skin colors, ethnicities, and languages. These unique people inhabit every corner of the globe. The rarest are left-handed people, where the world has ostracized 10% of the population for using the wrong hand. Even most tools we commonly use are not lefty-friendly, like scissors, watches, markers, etc. The world is not designed with lefties in mind, both in sports and real life. Even in baseball, you are reduced to pitching, first base, or the outfield. However, if you are even remotely effective at throwing a baseball with your left hand, you have as good a chance as anyone to beat the Cleveland Guardians.I wish I was kidding; if you are left-handed and are okay at throwing a baseball, the Guardians might as well be hitting with bats made of paper mache. A murderer's row of lefties with names such as Chris Sale, Eduardo Rodriguez, and Austin Gomber has rendered the Guardians bats obsolete with a slash line of .238/.314/.343 and a record of 4-9 through 13 games. This problem didn't come out of nowhere either; their slash-line against lefties in 2022 of .239/.303/.343, which is pretty much the Spiderman-meme pointing at each other. This all comes back to the same issue, the lack of flexibility in the Guardian's lineup.To paint the picture of what the Guardians are dealing with, two guys used in heavy platoon splits, Oscar Gonzalez and Gabriel Arias, have a wRC+ of 50 and 36. Those have been the two hitters that hit the most against lefties, with 76 total at-bats. They've collectively hit two home runs, 5 RBIs, and a collective average of .180 with a paltry slugging percentage of .290. So, they aren't hitting and don't have any power right now. The margin of error is made much thinner by the fact that two hitters pull Myles Straw weight down the lineup because the only logical way they get on base is either by a single or a potential walk, which makes life hard at the top of the order.This doesn't mean that stars on the team are off the hook, especially Jose Ramirez. When facing a righty, he's crushing the ball with a 1.122 OPS against them, compared to when he flips over to the other side, where it completely collapses to .567. Another easy target of criticism has been Josh Naylor, who rocks a cataclysmic OPS of .297(!), which is just a cruel and unusual punishment in five states plus Canada anytime he goes up to face a lefty. Even Andres Gimenez, against left-handed starters this year, has only amassed a .584 OPS in April, so not even the star players are helping the cause against lefties in the first month of the season.To sum things up, we have a mixture of miscasts in platoons, star players not performing, and a lack of power. It ends up where the Guardians are struggling with regularity. It's not a coincidence that when the team faces a righty, it's almost like a breath of fresh air; the team averages 4.1 runs a game compared to 2.2 runs against lefties. It's a significant reason why the Guardos are sitting at 13-15, amongst other things. It's not to say the lineup is utterly hopeless against them, but they need to find quick answers and fast.