Rudy Pemberton said:I'm dismissing JBJ as a leadoff guy because he strikes out way too much, is terrible with nobody on base (I think he completely changes his approach to be way too tentative), and he's not a good base stealer. i think he should remain in the bottom third of the order.
Being terrible with nobody on base is indeed a bad thing for a leadoff hitter--assuming this is a real trend and not a small-sample anomaly, which I think is very much in doubt.
Can you explain to me why the other two traits disqualify someone as a leadoff hitter? I would expect that making a high percentage of your outs via strikeout is, if anything, a better trait for a hitter who comes up more often with no one on base (this is a separate question from the impact of the K rate on his OBP; low OBP = bad leadoff hitter, of course).
And I thought the current CW was that base stealers are best in the 5-to-7 spots where they will be followed by weak hitters who are unlikely to plate a guy from first.