Tommy Edman is a star. It’s as simple as that. He may be an unheralded star, but a star is a star nonetheless.
He’s not the typical star either. Generally if you ask a fan if a certain player is a star you might as well ask a different question: Would you want him batting (or pitching) with the game on the line? The answer to that question would have a strong correlation with the answer to the first question.
That’s the problem for Tommy Edman. If the game was on the line, you wouldn’t want him hitting.