As the saying goes, lies, damned lies, and statistics.
I would be very pleased if Pino came good. For one thing, we've paid for him now. For another, he really does seem to try. However, he has been awful so far and seems only to be getting worse.
The stats don't tell the whole story. They don't tell you (for instance) how often Pino made a mess of a key attacking pass when it was very much on, or how often Eze played a perfectly weighted through ball only to see a palace forward misread it, or a covering defender do well. The stats deal in quantity but struggle to convey quality.
Not to suggest that Eze did everything right and Pino does everything wrong, but the slightest glimpse of Eze at 23 showed what a class act he promised to be. The ease of his first touch, his awareness, body shape, weight of pass... It was all there. We all knew straight away that we had a gem. Pino, in comparison, is plainly really struggling.
In my minds eye, I imagine him scuttling around to useful effect in a narrow right sided midfield role, like a modern Ray Houghton, but that's probably to do with how little pace and power he has rather than any sense that he can run the game from that position. If anything, he's becoming a liability when he comes into our half to collect the ball. It's gone from wondering if a different formation would unlock him to it being really hard to see where he has any possible future here.