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Originally Posted by tk13
I am super skeptical he'll be a solid 2B though.
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His thickness is the biggest hindrance in switching. Like DJ I played short most of my life. As a very underclass man I switched to second. The first day our coach moved me to third and said I could never play second because I couldn't turn two that direction. I was moved to third and o keep my bat in the line up and actually had more problems throwing to 2nd from 3rd for the double play. I took it upon myself to spend a week working on turning two from second and moved back to that spot. That year in combo with the older SS set our school record for most double plays turned in a season.
Almost everyone coordinated enough to make the majors in the middle infield can perform the fundamental part at either spot well enough if they put in the time. It's the physical attributes/work ethic that will determine the success.
Of course 3B isn't part of the middle infield and chelsor doesn't appear to have the physical attributes of a prototypical 2nd baseman, but he is coordinated enough and has a much stronger than average arm which might allow him to offset his lack of quickness. I'm also skeptical, but there is a shot it works. If there wasn't a chance of it playing out that way GMDM (who knows way more than Duncan, DJ, and myself) wouldn't be trying it out. He'd just have Cuthbert in the cage all day working on building that house.