Dexter Fowler has not been good this season. Through 57 games and 231 plate appearances, he has a 55 wRC+ on the year. His defense has never really been his strength either so the combination of his offense and defense has led him to being one of the worst players in baseball so far. Now to be fair to Dexter, in order to become one of the worst performing players in baseball, you have to have a track record of success or teams will not keep trotting you out onto the baseball field. It is unlikely he is one of the worst baseball players playing right now, but he has performed like one and while that may seem like semantics, I think that’s an important distinction.
I won’t get mad if Harrison Bader starts instead of Fowler against right-handed pitchers either.
