[hiaspire]

Did I click on the grammar chat room by accident? I didn't mean to.

Many trades develop their own vernacular and accepted descriptive labels, so I don't know why that's such an issue. GMs and coaches value dependable players and guys they can count upon. Baseball more than any other sport involves a long steady grind of daily games over many months. They preach going to work day-in-and-day-out with the same consistent approach (if not results necessarily because everyone goes through ups and downs in terms of production numbers). That consistency is quite important from their perspective in dealing with players everyday. We don't deal with the personalities everyday, they do. That professional attitude and consistency of approach is valued on the field.

The problem I think is that you view consistency entirely in terms of numbers and people in the game do not -- especially coaches on the field dealing with real people, and where a good at bat doesn't have to look bad even if the stats register it that way.