Talk:How Much Longer for Wilkerson?/@comment-ASwaff-2006041085708

BBall, I&quot;m not saying it&quot;s not possible that he will finish with a better OBP than Kinsler, although if he keep playing with the shoulder injury he still has, that is far from being a given. I&quot;m saying that right now, I don&quot;t think he should be in the leadoff spot. And that&quot;s also why I said don&quot;t take him out of the lineup. He can still do valuable things, he can still get on base, but I&quot;ve never really thought of him much as a pinch hitter. The reason I wrote this wasn&quot;t to dis Wilkerson so much as to say that I think he&quot;d serve the Rangers much better in a different spot in the lineup. I wouldn&quot;t mind having him in the 9th spot so that the leadoff man can come up with a runner on. I also wouldn&quot;t mind him in the 6th spot, because there is a huge dropoff right now after Blalock in the five hole. And Enybo, I&quot;d hold on to Wilkerson, because he&quot;s bound to recover, and he&quot;s playing in one of the most hitter-friendly parks in the MLB. But if you have a good option on the bench, you might want to go with him until he either recovers from this injury or gets out of the funk he&quot;s in.