The thing about Jonathan India is that, when healthy, he’s a pretty damn fine offensive player. It’s been the ‘staying healthy’ part that’s been the biggest problem, especially when you consider that the injuries he has dealt with have been the kind that take his legs right out from under him.
Middle-infield defense is difficult enough with two healthy wheels. With a bum hamstring and plantar fasciitis, it’s downright impossible. Those are the two injuries that have sunk India over the last two seasons, and his defensive metrics have tanked accordingly.
It’s easy to forget that while he emerged in 2021 by Opening Day as the everyday, regular 2B for the Cincinnati Reds, it was basically at the big league level where he first cut his chops at the position.