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re: ATL Thread 4/5 | Braves (Elder) @ Cardinals (frick) | 1:15 EST
Posted on 4/5/23 at 2:41 pm to Hot Carl
Posted on 4/5/23 at 2:41 pm to Hot Carl
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Pretty sure he’s playing 2B
Looks like you are right... Found this snippet
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The plan for both Grissom and Shewmake is to rotate starts in the middle infield. Grissom, who needs to work on his defense at shortstop, will start four times a week at short and twice a week at second base. (Minor League Baseball does not play on Mondays). Shewmake, who is seen as the better defender (and the most experienced at short, having played 197 of his career 206 minor league games there) will mostly play second base to acclimate to the position, in case he is needed as an injury replacement in Atlanta, but will get the remaining two starts a week at shortstop.
Posted on 4/5/23 at 2:56 pm to UltimaParadox
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Found this snippet
Thanks for posting that. I didn’t know they were rotating at all. But I like it. Man, Shewmake is already big league ready defensively at short. And they loved his bat coming out of college, but I think had given up on him being able to hit big league pitching every day. But apparently, he showed a ton of improvement offensively in the spring. Albeit a short sample size.
But if he’s figured something out and they think he CAN be the future everyday SS, then they could let Grissom get some reps in LF and bring him up to help this year. He’s a good enough athlete that I don’t think it would take long for him to be serviceable there. Can’t be any worse than Ozuna.
Jake from Locked on Braves was really down on Grissom ever being able to handle short every day all off season (I think he came off that a little after watching him all spring), but he kept saying he’d like to see Grissom in the super utility role kinda like the Dodgers use Chris Taylor (minus the catching). You could get him enough ABs that it wouldn’t stunt his offensive growth like just being the backup SS/2B would.
Again, it’s a balance AA is gonna have to figure out between what’s best for the ‘23 Atlanta Braves and the future ones.
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