I've been down that road here, myself, and the truth is that you can never win
any argument about his bat helping the team because he's a liability on defense.
Not exact matches
Still, if Ohtani is a good pitcher, and Ohtani's
bat actually is an asset for the Angels when he's in the lineup, then oh man, this dude is going to create
arguments about the Most Valuable Player award that I'm actually going to be invested in, because they're going to be philosophical and annoying as hell.
Having refuted some of his
arguments, and taken (I think rightly) objection to some of the more hyperbolic charecterizations, Hopkins takes the opportunity for some self reflection: «Perhaps if he manages to miss what Transition is
about in such a way, his piece
bats the challenge back to Transition; how well are we communicating what we are doing?»