If he had Murph's bat I would cut him more slack.
His bat's been better than Murphy's since he joined the Nats.
Kendrick has been batting better than Murph all year-- not by a ton, but still a few points of batting average. Murph draws more walks and higher slugging. Either way, Kendrick is no slouch.
We get Trea back and this lineup is going to be *sick*.