well aware. but i was just pointing out his overall numbers.
there shouldn't be anything to nitpick here. i know haters gonna hate, but c'mon.
Oh, come on, there are always nits to pick.
Hot start or not, he's sporting a .319 OBP. That's better than last year, but it's still not near high enough to be a consistent lead-off guy. I like the power, but he's not a power guy - it's nice to see a .440 SLG, but much like Detwiler's 0.56 ERA, I'm not sure it's sustainable.
The D has been good - no complaints from me there. Overall, I'd be perfectly content so far if he were batting 7th and we had the White Whale playing CF.
The timing of Zuck's article is really weird though - it's almost like Lorb hacked his computer and filed the post on his behalf. It's not like he's off to some super-amazing start. He started hot, cooled a bit, and smacked a homer to win last game. He's been better than I expected, but that's because my expectations were pretty low. If anybody deserved the "Hey, he's doing much better" love on the first off-day, it should be Werth or LaRoche. Don't look now, but Werth is posting an 886 OPS.
I agree though that the offense right now has bigger problems than Desmond - most notably the gaping hole in LF. DeRosa, Bernadina and Nady have been so bad they don't even deserve to be called a pupu platter.
