Why is everyone spazzing?
He was one of baseball's top 3 defensive 1B by UZR in ought eight and 14 and 15 FRAA over the course of the last 2 seasons. He's a much much better defensive player than Adam Laroche.
He had a .372 OBP in 2007 with LAA and he has one over .350 this season. I bet if he isn't flipped, he's used in late game defensive situations, a la Mientkiewicz in 2004.