Yeah, he is. I still don't know if he provides enough offense to be an everyday player in a good lineup Eh: http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/batting/_/position/2b/sort/OPS/order/true But man, his defense makes up a LOT. BR has his defensive WAR at 3.4(!) this season. After watching yesterday's (amazing) defense from him, I checked out his Fangraphs numbers, then again today after they updated. His defense went down by .5 runs. I love defensive stats.