Josh Pearson excited about new opportunity at second base

He should be. 2nd base is the shite. Dont have to do all that running the outfield does and dont have to display your cannon every time the ball is hit to you like the left side the infield. Easy money.

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I expect a great defensive team this year. More will be in their positions as opposed to just trying to squeeze the great bats in the lineup.

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With White at 3B and Pearson making the move to 2B after not ever playing any infield the last several years I have my doubts on being "great" defensively.

If there's 1 thing Jay has proven over time he will sacrifice some defense for offense over and over and over generally speaking.

If we wanted to put a good defensive lineup out there White would be DH with someone else at 3B and someone like Milam would start at 2B.

Is this going to be a JJ thing: Take a good athletic from the outfield & plug him in at 2d, i.e., Dugas last year & Pearson this year?
Whatever works...

It’s also a chance to get another lefty in the lineup.

Dugas was the top SS in the state when he was a senior. So he had the infield experience.

Pearson looked very natural at 2B. I assumed he played there a lot in his youth. I'm actually surprised to hear it is new to him. I didn't get the same impression from Kling and Neal when they played at 2B.

I watched him make a play this fall. The ball was hit hard to him. It was actually a nice job just gloving it. He then popped up and gunned the runner out that was going home from third. So he had the instincts to know that the ball was hit hard enough that he would have a shot at the runner coming home. It was really impressive.

I'm basing everything I know off of a few fall scrimmages but I think you guys are going to pleased with his defense.

Or he’s just being honest with himself and knows he’s got work to do to get where he needs to be.

I like it.

I have Pearson with one error while playing 2nd base this fall. It came during the PG world series and was a bobble of a routine ground ball. He had quite a few chances since his move from the outfield and handled all the rest very well. I'm confident that he will be OK at 2nd this spring.

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I have Pearson with one error while playing 2nd base this fall. It came during the PG world series and was a bobble of a routine ground ball. He had quite a few chances since his move from the outfield and handled all the rest very well. I'm confident that he will be OK at 2nd this spring.

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Well that sounds better