Before his release, Sexson was hitting .218 with 11 homers this year, but was hitting .344 against lefties. This sounds like a move the Dodgers would make - using success against lefties to justify the signing of sub-.220 hitter - but the Yankees beat them to it.
By the way, Sexson's "success" against lefties is based on 61 at-bats.
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