Well if one shortstop who can't hit but "saves a run a game" with his glove is good, then 2 must be great! I guess that's what we have to take from this. Question is how are you going to get them both on the field at the same time to save all those runs they aren't producing with their bats?
Actually this does make some pretty good sense I think. As bad as Gonzalez is as a hitter, he's quite a bit better than McDonald. The best OPS McDonald ever posted in a "full" season was 2005, .651 in 166 AB. His "most productive" season was 2007 when he posted .612 while somehow getting 327 AB. Gonzalez at least is a pretty good bet to have a near 700OPS season, and posted 793 in 2007.
He'll probably be the leadoff hitter for the Jays, who the hell else have they got? That just got me thinking about John McDonald as the everyday leadoff hitter for 162 games. Cold shivers.
He'll probably also get traded to a contender looking for a SS, maybe even Boston again! Another reason why this kind of makes sense. Then McDonald can be the everyday SS, as his fans demand, and pile up the strikeouts.
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