We see over at MC people are worried about moving Lopez to third as well, stating that he hasn;t played a single game there since 2007. To which my feeble mind says...So? Not only could Lopez move there tomorrow, but I bet he would be an defensive ASSET at third (instead of the slight liability he is at 2nd). My non beltre infield would look like:
3rd -- Lopez
SS -- Cedeno
2nd -- YuBet
1st -- Branyan
Or even better:
3rd -- Branyan
SS -- YuBet / Jack Wilson (if the trade rumors are true) / Cedano
2nd -- Lopez
1st -- Carp / Clement :)
More left mashers = More better! And Branyan would aquit himself just fine at third (That is the position he has played the MOST in the majors).
The biggest issue here is whoever moves into third CAN NOT be compared to Beltre defensivly. Beltre is truly one of THE BEST defenseive third sackers of all time. Just get his defense out of your mind, because whoever we put there, even if we put a pure SS there, will not have the amazing instincts and glove that Beltre does!
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