Over the past 8 seasons, where he's been a real MLB'er, Adam Lind's OPS vL has been .586! In 1000 PA's, he's hitting .213 with a 55-255 BB-K rate.
His individual seasons have been, .542-.688-.780-.341-.639-.553-.573-.223-.575. In '10 (the .341) he had 5 BB's and 52 K's in 145 PA's. In '14 (.223) he hit .061. Back in '09 he wasn't bad, for a brief bit, but more than 800 attempts since then indicate otherwise.
OK, maybe Edgar gets in his head and the light goes on and he zooms all the way to .688, pretty near his demonstrated ceiling. Brendan Ryan's career vL split is .638, just to remind you.
He "might" hit lefties in '16. I'm not sure that's more likely than him whiffing away at a sub-.600 rate.
We kept Lee for a reason that had little to do with his glove or wheels. We will use him for that reason.