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I wonder if Schwarber isn't inherently a likely to always underperform in clutch?  He's an extreme splits guy.  A HR hitter with just 1 HR versus LHP; and a slow lefty who likes to hit grounders into the shift.  >200 points worse versus lefties.   

In high-leverage situation, why would an opposing manager let him face a RHP?  In the 2nd inning, they're not going to pull their RHP against Schwarber.  But in late high-leverage, won't his numbers stink because opponents make him face lefties all the time, against whom he always kinda stinks?

Excellent point -- in other words Schwarber may not actually be anti-clutch at all, and may actually perform the same in the clutch as in a first inning AB, but because of his dramatic L/R splits and the use of top quality relievers in clutch situations, his stats are always likely to indicate he underperforms in the clutch.