I don't believe that's fair at all. He played in 151 games and had 520 at bats, shouldn't we go off of what he did over the entire season? I think so. He was a very impressive lead off hitter that made the opposing defense look silly a lot. He really came on strong in the second half of the season as well, so perhaps he can offer us more; especially since 2012 was his first season playing baseball outside of Japan. Makes sense, actually, the more I think about it. The comment was was in response to "a consistent hitter lacks in slump spells." Besides Pre All Star .301 .369 .450 .819 Post All Star .278 .344 .419 .763