SAN FRANCISCO — Ten days ago, Bob Melvin sat in the dugout at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati and tried to think of a polite way to frame his response.
Mike Yastrzemski was out of the lineup against a right-hander for the third game of the season, and Melvin had a very good reason for the move. He paused and then smiled before urging reporters to look up his right fielder’s numbers against Nick Martinez. When the results — 0-for-11 with seven strikeouts — popped up on…
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