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I wonder if this fanless environment is a good way to get Kieboom comfortable playing in the majors. He looks more relaxed in this environment so far.
The lack of fans ain't helping his defense.
We may as well play him there in this wash of season, but ultimately, I think he ends up at first. His defense was never touted highly, and I dont know that he ever will become a good defensive third baseman. But his approach is mature a d his bat is capable.
gee, I thought the reports were that he could stick at SS if we needed it. I don't get the D other than lack of reps at 3d.
Isn't it likely that the groin injury has been keeping him out of games?
Then put him on the IL and let him get better.
IL stint would be like 15 percent of the season. Maybe more considering doubleheaders. If you think he’s going to miss a game or two, why would you do this. Especially with bigger rosters.
SS and 3B are more differentiated than most people think, but some things are hard to fix. If hands are the issue, he can't play anywhere in the IF. If it's lateral quickness, 3B isn't going to be the answer. At that point, you're choosing either putting him in the OF or picking which infield position you want bad defense at. I certainly don't want a dude with stone hands at 1B. I saw him a few times in the low minors and I didn't see an MLB SS there. But unless I saw the wrong games, I did think he could probably handle third.
SS certainly requires much greater athleticism, so that's probably a no-go.3B has a longer throw but SS requires a stronger arm as well as much greater agility and speed.1B may require the least athleticism.The order of importance if not athleticism per sabrematics:CSS2BCF3BRFLF1B
Yeah, but if your hands don't work for 3B, they don't work for 1B either.
well as FP said, we have definitely been spoiled by having Zimm and Rendon manning the position since 2006. Any drop off from their levels will look comparatively bad just because we've come to expect greatness.
First base is much more forgiving. You can momentarily botch a ground ball and if you keep it in front of you still have lots of time to recover and get the out.
Which is balanced out by the need to scoop throws fairly often. Fans seem to take those scoops for granted on the major league level, but wait until you've got Adam Dunn over there again and any throw below the knees is an automatic throwing error.