I had the idea to write this post a few days ago, when I logged onto Twitter and saw that Dustin Nosler of Dodgers Digest wrote about this exact thing making essentially the same arguments I was going to.
Nosler points out that being a leadoff hitter isn’t 100 percent about speed, which I could not agree more with. I don’t want a turtle leading off, but it shouldn’t be a spot designated for the fasted 60 yard dash on the team. I’d weigh on-base skills equally as important in determining the ideal leadoff hitter.
Just weighing those two factors, Joc Pederson would be my top candidate for Dodgers leadoff hitter in 2016.