I agree with you here. My brother is convinced that TGJ is our everyday centerfielder and I couldn't disagree more. He is a not a terrible player but I think he gets more credit due to his name than many other players.
He is nowhere near as good a player as Corey Hart and is nothing more than a 4th outfielder. I am sure that if he keeps leading off and playing well I will be blasted for this post but this is truely what I feel. Everyone seems to be encouraged by his high on base % with the low average (.215/.340). Why is everyone so excited by that and just drills Rickie. He is doing the same thing and something tells me that he will hit much better than Gross.
I anybody as high as I am on this kid. He is tearing the cover off the ball. I remember hearing that the Cards offered us him and Reyes in exchange for Lee last year and I kind of wish we would have pulled the trigger. In the past two years were his total at bats is right at 600 he has 42 homers and 105 rbis as well as an OBP of .370 and a slugging of .580 for an OPS of .950