Dodgers: Health allows Dodgers to run back to platoons

With Max Muncy and Justin Turner returning to the fold for the platoon-loving Dodgers, the team will be as healthy and as deep as its been all season long.

In their short absences, Gavin Lux has risen from the minors to provide a stable starting second baseman in the field in place of Muncy and Matt Beaty has shined as a capable replacement for JT. So what’s going to happen to the roster, and more specifically to the starting lineups?

Will they continue to allow players like Lux and Beaty to have significant and consistent starts? Or will the roster begin to mold back into possibly the preferred form of Dave Roberts and the front office: the platoon-based lineup?

It’ls looking to be the latter. With so many talented players healthy, it seems like a platoon is the most logical way to run the offense, even if it means playing time will dip all around the roster.

In this article, I’ll look into likely platoon lineups for the rest of the way and try and analyze the pros and cons of the platoon-style to some key performers like Lux and Beaty, and other players whose roles may shrink in the coming weeks preceding playoff baseball.