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While I ranted in the Straw thread that production and leadership are not synonymous, I did fail to include one tidbit.
It is utterly and completely impossible to be a player-leader while producing at an unacceptable level.
Griffey led the 2009 club even though he was only hitting .700. He didn't lead a darned thing in 2010, BECAUSE he was hitting .400.
Mind you ... even team leaders can slump. And it is at least possible to lead by example by refusing to "give into" a slump and work hard to get out of it. But, ultimately, no .450 bat is every going to be leading a club, (unless it is to their doom). Just like no 8.43 ERA pitcher can lead his club, (no matter what his Hall of Fame credentials might be).
There's a minimum standard of performance, beyond which, you no longer have any privilege of leadership in any clubhouse in any sport ... unless, perhaps, you are willing to take YOURSELF off the field.
It's only 63 PAs ... and maybe there still remains some hope that Olivo can hit a dinger or two and start to at least to give some kind of evidence that he has a little value left. But that window is fast closing. If he cannot get his OPS back to .600, he cannot lead anything.