re: N. Illinois 2 @ LSU 10 Final - LSU 5-0

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People really do not understand baseball sometimes. Jones has the unfortunate privilege of following as good a defensive first baseman as I remember at LSU. And first if often a place they put marginal infielders to get their bat in the lineup anyway. Jones has work to do still but he is not a bad first baseman.

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I think Jones isn't a good defensive first baseman, and why would he be? It's not his natural position. He had trouble receiving the ball last year. That said, your point is right that he is more than serviceable at first given his bat. I think people just need to acknowledge he's not a plus at all there defensively, but that's not why he's there.