Get it out of your system now, everyone: Yes, Isiah Kiner-Falefa is a bad hitter. No, he isn’t the best use of a roster spot. Yes, it’s definitely not optimal if he’s the starting shortstop on Opening Day. If that happens, I’ll see you all at the bottom of the rubble pile from the fallen sky.
We good to go? Cool. Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, notice that I didn’t include his defense in the above paragraph. That’s because while fans are justified in having a, how should I say, unkind view of Kiner-Falefa’s glovework, defensive stats are a bit more ambiguous.