That is a new angle I haven't considered. Good point. You know Fredi is gonna recall Constanza and Reed and J Blaze are going to be holding down the watercooler tho.
I'm not going to do a big baseball-reference dive or anything, but I'm gonna guess that Reed Johnson's worst year was probably better than Jordan Schafer's best year. When you throw in the option of putting Gattis in LF, there's no reason Schafer should see the field other than as a situational replacement late in games. Other than one PED-fueled season in A ball, Schafer has been terrible for every bit of his pro career.