Looking at about a dozen games today and the Braves, Cubs and White Sox are the only teams that had a lead-off hitter with an OPS under .700, The VAST majority of those were well above .700.
So a commonly used metric to gauge a hitters effectiveness is not way to evaluate weather that hitter should get more at bats than other hitters that perform better in that metric? No, that seems weird.
I agree and I was very critical of the trade, The disappointment in the offense is being transferred to unrealistic expectations for the pitching staff.