Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
January 27, 2004
Sheffielder?

Dom Cento points out in the comments to this post on Boone that Gary Sheffield used to be a third baseman. Why not move him to third and have three center fielders in the outfield? It'll be a really bad defensive infield, but you don't have to out and buy anymore players.


Posted by David Pinto at 01:44 PM | Defense | TrackBack (1)
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Damn, then the Yankees would have the worst defense of all times. Bernie back in the outfield. Shef at 3B. It makes me want to cry...

Posted by: sabernar at January 27, 2004 03:36 PM

Giambi came up at the hot corner.

Posted by: tomcat at January 27, 2004 06:11 PM

rumor has it that they're now looking into edgardo alfonzo. apparently the giants may move his contract to take a run at greg maddux.

Posted by: Daniel at January 27, 2004 09:53 PM

I wish teams actually went through with these things. Baseball would be a lot more fun in guys like Giambi and Sheffield went back to playing their original positions. Defense would be like Little League again, and we know how cute it is seeing those tykes punting balls around all day.

We'll probably be talking about Soriano this way in 10 years. "Want some laughs? Put him back at second!"

Posted by: Jason at January 28, 2004 07:04 AM

Say, I hear the Padres recently acquired an overpriced third baseman they don't need. Cirillo in pinstripes?

Posted by: Peter at January 28, 2004 08:59 AM

I can't imagine there's any way the Yankees play Sheffield at third.

If he was in Sorianos position, i.e. younger, less "veteran leverage," maybe, but unless Sheffield volunteers, I can't imagine they'll even ask. Besides, they got him to hit, not play defense, and switching positions at this stage of his career--even if he did play there before--would likely impact his bat.

Posted by: steve at January 28, 2004 01:24 PM

I have a quick defensive analysis of the potential Yankee thirdbasemen if anyone is interested.

Posted by: sabernar at January 28, 2004 04:20 PM

I saw a Knight-Ridder story saying Sheff DID in fact volunteer to play third.

Posted by: Troy at January 28, 2004 04:46 PM