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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Posted by Broski

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Posted on 4/5/23 at 3:08 pm to Hot Carl

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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.

This most concerning I've seen from Shewmake the last few years in the minors is that he couldn't catch up to fastballs thrown by career minor leaguers. He also chases a lot.

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on Grissom ever being able to handle short every day all off season

He just doesn't have the lateral range to cover the position for a full season, and that's something that you don't really learn overnight. So I don't think he will ever be a full-time SS in this league, but like you said, his value is that his bat plays to where he could be starting in LF, 3B, 2B or even RF for most teams right now.

I think for this season, he will eventually replace Adrianza as our utility guy and first-choice pinch hitter. Longterm for us, we either trade him to fill a need or he's our everyday LF that could also move to pretty much any other spot in the field if there's an injury.

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