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Comments in the comment section of a doug fister article about Jose Lopez.  And it is a sentiment that is pretty common around the "smarter" blogs.  That Jose Lopez's defensive liability (slightly under average) coupled with his OBP woes outweighs his high contact and occasional power (and seemingly unreal ability to drive in runs which doesn't count, you know cause the game is about OBP not about runs, RBI don't cout dontch ya know), and make him a "hole", that needs to be replaced.  At first glance I scoff at this notion, but after looking at the stats it does seem like Jose's paltry .305 OBP (.303 career) is really quite stinky, lower than I was expecting.  So my question to the DOV crowd... Is Jose Lopez a mirage?  OK power for a 2b and lunky RBI totals masking a hitter who really isn't all that good?  Should we try to "sell High" with Jose?  Or does Jose have the ability to increase his OBP to respectable levels and become that Miggy Tejada at second that we always dreamed of?
 
IOW, for all the argument we have had over Jose's power ins't it his patience or lack there of we should be worried about?  And if so how worried?