I'm hopeful that Herrmann can soon enough provide a similar aggregate value, but I doubt he'll hit enough for the same C/DH shape that has managed to both help Mauer keep his legs under him and provided an actual DH-worthy bat when Mauer's behind the plate.

I think that 2015 is the real window of Herrmann's usefulness if it is to actually occur. Ideally, we'll have more bats than we have off-days and Herrmann's better-than-backup-catcher-grade bat and ability to back up pretty passably in the outfield becomes the new Doumit.