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Originally Posted by poolboy
Witt jr at short and Mondo in the outfield to take advantage of their defensive abilities.
3rd base is a lot of standing around. maybe Dozier? Nikki at second and big Whit can move around
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Slotting Lopez at SS last year when Mondi went down gave Nicky his comfort back and he not only willed himself at the plate from the newfound confidence, he excelled even better in the field. Better that they even had him pegged to be out of college, and he graded very high defensively then.
Rest assured they are not moving him off of SS for him to lose that confidence. He was literally robbed of a Gold Glove this past season. Plus if the Royals viewed Witt Jr to be better defensively, they already would have made that comment by now
But they don't feel that way and as durable as Nicky was, they want that durability up the middle. Nicky has SS by default, it's his to lose by his play. The Royals will be as smooth on the infield this year, if not more as we were last year with Witt Jr on 3B.