He is clearly not comfortable at 3B. I saw him coming in on a swinging bunt today and instead of scooping it and throwing it one motion like most 3B would do, he planted and threw and the runner almost beat it out.
1) It was an actual bunt, not a swinging bunt.
2) He gloved it because it was a bad bunt: too hard and to the third baseman's glove side. You don't see people gloving bunts much because most bunts are near the line and aren't nearly that hard.
3) He barely got the guy because it was Cesar Hernandez, who is very very fast.
At least you're right that he doesn't look comfortable, but it wasn't that play that showed it. A lot of 3Bs would have played that exactly the same. Other than that, excellent analysis.
I'm trying to figure out where the sun is on those plays, but I'm wondering if Ramos and JZ took them with the sun at their backs.
There wasn't really any sun yesterday, but it would not be behind the first base line anyway.
Anyone else notice that guys seem to be hogging balls away from Danny when he is at 3d? Today, I thought Ramos grabbed a pop that was much easier for DE in front of the mound to the 3d base side, and RZ almost killed him on another pop. Yesterday, I thought DE backed off on a pop to the outfield that Desi tried to play (unsuccessfully) at max range. Maybe he's not moving aggressively for these balls as he should, but certainly the RZ crash was one where Danny was trying to make the play.
A bit, yeah, but how many games has he played there? I'd expect guys to take plays away from him when he's so new. And for what it's worth, he made the best defensive play of the game yesterday on a foul pop up, an over the shoulder sliding catch against the stands from a full sprint.
