You can't separate the good moves from the bad moves. Ben and Theo should have put their foot down if they were against the bad moves. Neither have come out after the fact and said "I didn't want to do that." Theo just said he felt had to feed the monster and gave in to it.
@mike_petriello
A very fun an extreme troll-face fact is that Denard Span out-hit Evan Longoria in 2017...
Span: .272/.329/.427 102 wRC+
Longoria: .261/.313/.424 96 wRC+
Longoria is probably the most overrated 3b playing right now.
LOL, ok. When was the last time Hanley had a .900 OPS when playing a full season?
Travis had a .820 OPS in AA when he was 22 prior to injury. If you don't think he can add power after healing up and growing, I'm not sure what to tell you.
If that's the argument you want to use.
http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=c&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2004&month=0&season1=2004&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0
His upside is much higher than replacement level. I don't believe the scouts that say "Goldschmidt or Votto" but he has the skills to be a good 1b if he develops a power profile (he's not even 25 yet).