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Originally Posted by -King-
He's a much better defensive player. Aoki is a much better overall player on offense, even with this recent slump. His play in the 2nd half of the season is one of the biggest reasons we made the playoffs.
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That play was based upon unsustainable batted ball luck. He had something like a .445 BABIP in September and the guy is a ground ball hitter. That is absolutely ridiculously lucky.
Even with that finish his wRC was 104, which means he was a roughly league average hitter and he's a poor defensive OF.
In SF you patrol a huge CF with the quirkiest RF in baseball. You need someone with tremendous speed and instincts to avoid blunders in the OF.
While Aoki may give you a slight advantage at the plate, that's the only place where he does it, and he doesn't have the ability to routinely get enough XBH to overcome the ability that Dyson does to save runs in the field (noticed by his ridiculous DRS and UZR ratings), nor is he as good on the paths.
Moreover, if you want someone solely for the purpose of being a PR, you use Gore.
The argument to use Dyson as a PR is not all that different from saying that the Giants should use Hunter Pence as a PH only because you might find the perfect spot to use him for one AB.
Put your better players in the game for longer period and they will have more chances to affect the outcome. Every ball that Cain gets to in RF that Aoki wouldn't is no different than Dyson giving you a single, double, etc.