Ummm MLB front offices haven't looked at a batting average statistic in probably 10 years. The game is way beyond that now.....
It's cherry picking because he finished the 2nd half of 2018 in a huge slump and started the 1st half of 2019 in a huge slump and everyone knows that. He was on a tear on the bookends of those seasons....
Why isn't Pluto talking about his stats since the 2019 All Star break because, since then, he's 8th in WAR in the MLB and has a .988 OPS? Or the last two full seasons plus this one where Jose was 7th in the MLB in WAR in that timeframe.