he never was supposed to have a great batting eye at any level, so this is a new and welcome development. I don't know if it is easier to take bad pitches at spring training because pitchers include minor leaguers and all aren't quite locked in, but if he can maintain a low teens walk rate, a .240 AVG would be good enough, and a .260 AVG would be enough to hit leadoff. I'd be pleased with a .260/.380 / .420 line out of a leadoff hitter.
Since I don't consider 2020 as having happened, I pulled up 2019. A .800 OPS at the leadoff would have been league average, as the #15 team average OPS from leadoff hitters was .808 and #16 was .787.
I'll take a league average leadoff hitter who defends well.
