How Mookie Betts’ Position Switch Could Change Baseball History Forever
He spent two seasons as the primary shortstop, earning top-10 MVP finishes both years, before pivoting back to second base. More recently, the Baltimore Orioles and Dodgers gave superlative third base defender Manny Machado a season of run at shortstop as he approached free agency. It turned out to be a one-year experiment.
Mookie Betts: Winning Over Position
Players of Betts’ current caliber do not tend to be the ones asked to adjust for the good of the team.
More often, it’s unknown players, like the version of Betts the Boston Red Sox summoned to the majors in 2014. A second baseman by trade, the fifth-round pick had excelled in the minors and warranted a call-up. Dustin Pedroia was holding down the keystone, so the Red Sox tried Betts in the outfield. He had 55 minor-league games in center, but only four games in right, before Boston sent him to roam enormous, intricate right field at Fenway Park.
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