Plate Appearances by Platoon Ratings

In scouting 2003 before the draft, it seemed to me that there were a great deal more lefties with SA ratings. Thus, I put high stock in lefties like Rueter and Mulder. In any event, here is the breakdown of SL plate appearances for each platoon rating (with switch hitters, R SA-Os and L SA-0s put together): 

     2001  2001%   2002  2002%   2003  2003%

- 0 23815  41.6%  22535  39.7%  22246  40.00%

L 1   307   0.5%   2606   4.6%   1533   2.8%
L 2  2226   3.9%   1726   3.0%   3728   6.7%
L 3  2565   4.5%    695   1.2%   4176   7.5%
L 4   656   1.1%   2089   3.7%    826   1.5%
L 5  8030  14.0%   9676  17.1%   7118  12.8%

R 1  6115  10.7%   7180  12.7%   6160  11.1%   
R 2  6244  10.9%   3854   6.8%   4024   7.2%
R 3  5758  10.1%   4449   7.8%   4130   7.4%
R 4   831   1.5%   1661   2.9%   1617   2.9%
R 5   729   1.3%    263   0.5%     --   0.0%

In reality, 2003 plate appearances were pretty similar to 2002, except not as many of the lefty platooned at bats went to platoon 5s. Pre-draft, 2004 seems to be a year in the other direction, with more righty platoon ratings will get plate appearances. Will that mean righty pitchers will have a greater value in the coming season, and in the coming draft?

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