All great points, but the analytics guys said you bat your top hitters at the top of the lineup so you maximize their number of at bats. So at what point is he as good of a hitter as his average says he is, and if so, why are the analytics guys not pushing for him to be at the top of the order? I mean, I thought you live and die by the analytics...not pick and choose when to apply them. Am I wrong on this?

For the record I'm fine with where he is, as long as he's in the lineup. I'm just creating discussion and debate