You're kinda helping me make my point here....
Honestly, what do think the Indians front office thinks of Johnson at CF when four guys with a respective .348, .603, .534 and .628 OPS play over him this year? Four guys got a shot at CF this year and he was not one of them.
The job is wide open and nobody is blocking him and he still didn't get a sniff. Why is that? I mean, people on here are now telling me he's a plus-plus defender in CF and you're saying he'd provide more than a .600 OPS. Like, is the Indians front office that incompetent then?
Hell, the Indians front office even went outside the organization to add another LHH OFer in the Clevinger trade instead of giving him another shot at a corner OF spot.
I like Johnson as a prospect. I really do. I like him as a platoon corner OF. Seeing what the A's and Rays have done with versatile platoon players of late, there's nothing wrong with that projection. But as of right now, I just think this is a classic case of fans falling in love with a prospect that just isn't as highly thought of by his organization.
Maybe when it comes to offensive evaluation/developing young hitters... Yes maybe they are a tad incompetent. Between the pathetic performance of our offense, the constant overpaying of over the hill vets and worst of all the number of productive young ex Indian farnhands now starting to scatter across the league.. is that not enough proof?
I mean if your argument is that the Indians must know what they are doing in terms of prospect development so they must be correct in not giving Johnson a chance...dont you think that argument stands on thin ice at this point just by looking at the product they have put out there?