Lee should be where he is not a handicap, and Short Stop is not that spot.
Kreidler is a lot better at Short than Lee; Lee, in the past, was good at Third Base.
As of May 15, of what was considered the top 26 AAA, batters with 100 or more at bat, 3 are hitting .300 or better. -- from a Reddit site.
Culpepper was hitting .236.