He had like a 12 week hot stretch in his 9th year as a big leaguer, a career in which he had been about 20% worse than league average as a offensive player.
Shouldn't they be giving Bote like 2/3 of all 2b starts these days, by default if nothing else? Descalso was a mistake and just flat-out blows; Russell is showing that he remains a less than mediocre bat
Yeah Q is one of those observational blind spots for me. Statistically, he's been a top 30 pitcher over his career, but watching him during his time with the Cubs, I just can't believe that to be true.