re: Your thoughts on Milam at SS

I haven't seen any of the Fall practices but going by what I've read/heard:

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ay Johnson, who was on the show, mentioned that Milam was his best defender

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Heard him say this multiple times

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Milam was supposed to get some time on the left side of the infield towards the end of fall, but got sick and was shut down before that ever materialized.

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I think this has muddied the waters a bit since one of the presumed starters of 2b/ss/3b didn't take many reps in the fall.

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If Dickinson isn't an option at 3B and Jay has some concerns about him at SS that would put him at 2B by default.

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I'm starting to get the impression that this is what happened

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erhaps Jay feels Braswell is better suited at 3B than Milam which would put Milam at SS almost by default.

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This would kind of make sense too.

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I expect Jay to tinker with the different combinations early in the year before actually settling on an answer. I personally feel that when the dust settles, it will be Dickinson at 3B, Braswell at SS and Milam at 2B. I do have to admit it will be exciting to see Milam play SS and maybe he exceeds my expectations there.

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They're definitely going to shuffle a lot early on. I can't provide any insight onto how it will shake out, but if Dickinson can play 3B, we know that Milam-2b+Bras-SS was a reasonably effective combo up the middle and presumably would improve with reps. If Jay thinks Milam is his best defender, then you probably want said defender at SS