Context: Justin Turner hit .260 last year with a .334 on-base percentage in 487 plate appearances. This year, he appears destined for a reserve role. Though the samples are small, the righty-hitting Turner actually hit right-handers better than he did lefties in 2011. Terry Collins, we have seen, tends to favor platoon matchups, but the Mets do not seem likely to have more than one left-handed hitter on their bench.

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