You said the difference was him hitting 22% or 25% of the time. That's not the difference. That ignores walks, strikeouts, and power. If Danny had increased his batting average against RHP by 30 points due to some lucky bounces last year, he'd still have slashed .271/.321 against RHP, struck out 40% of the time and been basically unplayable.
If he was able to maintain a batting average of .250, even with his terrible strikeout rate and his inability to walk, he's pretty much Desmond.
.250 hitters get a lot of grace. .220 hitters don't.
