You can't compare what other leadoff hitters have done in their respective positions and apply it here in my opinion. This is an unconventional lineup in terms of the offense depth 1-7. You don't 'need' a stolen base threat with the high percentage of being hit in. Speed is very useful ofcourse. Stolen bases, in this lineup, not really needed unless you're the 7th/8th guy. Just stay on base, let the big bats do their work. Which is why we saw Revere go so long without even an attempt. In some cases, it's counter productive.
Exactly. It doesn't matter how many power bats who don't steal have lead-off on other teams, because not very many teams have a lineup as unique as the Jays do.
When you have as much power as the Jays do, you want guys who get on base the most to get the most at bats for the 2-5 hitters, because getting on base eventually equates to more runs scored.
As we saw with Revere, he didn't steal a whole lot on the Jays, and the only logical reason that he had 24 steals in Philly and just 7 in Toronto (nearly 4x as many steals in just 2x the months) is because Gibbons didn't want him running with 3 huge bats in Donaldson, Bautista and EE behind him.
I think a lot of people advocating for Tulo to lead off (last year and this) are hoping he returns a lot closer to his career norms, as opposed to the struggling Tulo that we saw pretty much for the entire 2015 he was in Toronto. If that's a case his career .369 OBP and .877 OPS make him a pretty good leadoff hitter - because it seems Toronto isn't going to utilize a speedy leadoff guy to the fullest with all that power following anyway. If he continues to struggle in 2016 posting numbers similar to his 2015 Jay numbers, then you eventually have to put somebody with a higher OBP in that position though.
If he's not struggling for an extended period he's a good leadoff guy on this team, but you have to assume Revere was given that position last year because of Tulo's injury and struggles.
