the guy is a good defender. maybe not the greatest, but defensively he is good. he is not beyond being upgraded overall, although ladson is indicating he is the secondbaseman while Lopez/Guz battle out SS.
he is a good defensive secondbaseman who made a very nice play which required a lot of skill. it is hard to realize how good of a defender he is because he looks like a beer leaguer, but the zone rating indicates he gets to more balls than a lot of trimmer guys and his fielding percentage says he turns them into outs.
the reason why he was ignored could have also been due to his bogus legal problems at the time
