February 25, 2009
In Biggio's Footsteps
The Brewers first round draft choice made the switch from catcher to second base. Milwaukee isn't trying to preserve his offense, Brett Lawrie asked for the switch so he could get to the majors quicker:
He has noted that there is a lot more preparation into making the big leagues as a catcher, and despite how much he loves the position, the 19-year-old Canadian sees a quicker jump to the "bigs" as an infielder.
With a few real good second basemen in the Brewers system, plus the struggles of Rickie Weeks, Lawrie sees this to be the easier competition than the likes of catchers Angel Salome and Jonathan Lucroy.
I don't really think the competition has anything to do with it though. Personally, I think this is the case of a young kid wanting to have as long of a career as possible, who sees more benefit in playing the infield than roughing up his knees behind home plate.
Weeks is pretty good for a player who struggles. Still if Lawrie can hit, he's very valuable either as a catcher or a second baseman. If he's that good, he'll either push someone out or end up in a trade to a team that needs his strengths at one of those positions.
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The brewers have a kid in rookie ball who is a switch-hitting ss or 2b.He already fields on the major league level.He can hit & run.His name is Marseco.I think he will be the 2nd baseman after Weeks.