QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 9, 2015 -> 12:05 PM)
Until he can learn to take a better route to a ball, his defense is going to be bad. He can throw which helps, but he could cut his weight to 150 and become the fastest player in the league, if the routes don't improve, everyone will still cringe when a ball is hit his way. Realistically, IMO, I think if he became average defensively, I think the White Sox would take it.
There's probably some sort of metric to disprove what I say, but I think this criticism of his defense and the routes he takes is exaggerated. Seems like if a guy makes a bad read or two then suddenly he takes terrible routes to the ball, period. I watched every game he played last season until he got hurt and I don't think he was awful.