DeJong had a good Spring, but I thought Sosa won the job last year. He brings more to the game than DeJong in my opinion. Not only has he outplayed PDJ the last half season, but he has that aggressiveness that can ignite a team. Paul is sort of a “go through the motions” player.
But the big thing is PDJ’s numbers have trended downward his entire career. It could be that he can reverse course, but because he is showing a consistent long-term decline, it is hard to envision him suddenly figuring out why he has not hit well for some four years.
Given the amount of data, you gotta think PDJ is just not a real good hitter. He can pick it at short, but is below par on offense. Seems to be a little like Stephen Piscotty. Nice start to his career – looked like a player, but settled in to mediocrity.