It's more like .330 thanks to worse fielding, inadequate hit charts for proper fielder placement, etc. Vinnie's had a consistently higher BABIP than even that since he got into pro baseball. Either he's been really lucky for 1100+ ABs...or he might just be one of those high-BABIP players.
Vinnie's having some luck, but the translatable league he's got the most at-bats in, the MWL, offered up .304/.388/.490 as a 21 year old. I wouldn't call him a .270 hitter just yet - he's given no indication at any level that he can't run a high BA.
If he's a .270/.340/.420 hitter in the bigs that's not especially exciting...but it's still a 95-100 OPS+ isn't it? With all the 30s and 40s we've been posting the last three years I'd kill for some 100 OPS+ bats that didn't cost us a dime.
We'll see. Vinnie's still got a lot to prove at a corner.
~G
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