Albies is a significantly better hitter when going up against left hand pitching as a righty.
2021:
Vs lefties: .337 BA, .355 OBP, .640 SLG, .995 OPS
Vs righties: .232 BA, .308 OBP, .442 SLG, .750 OPS
Obviously just going off of half of a season isn’t a great sample size being he doesn’t face lefties all too often, but for his career he is:
506 AB’s Vs lefties: .344 BA, .373 OBP, .585 SLG, .958 OPS
1465 AB’s Vs Righties: .251 BA, .314 OBP, .438 SLG, .752 OPS
So why is he so much better against lefties? Is it because he just sees the ball better against them? Or is it because he’s just better swinging the bat right handed?
We will never know the answer if he doesn’t try to hit righty vs righty, but being that his numbers are pretty mediocre from the left side I think it’s worth a try, we’ve seen how good Cedric Mullens has become this season now that he stopped switch hitting, and if the next few weeks don’t go well for the Braves and they are no longer in the NL East race, the last month or so of the season could be a good time to experiment.