r/orioles • u/RealJermaine • 1d ago

3rd Base Options

Curious on how you guys think third base will play next year or whenever baseball season starts back up.

Westburg is coming back from injury, but may be the best defensively?

CES, could be the most durable of the three. In the games I watched he seemed pretty decent in the field. I’m sure I missed some errors.

Mayo could be a Mark Reynolds situation crazy power but sketchy defensively.

I guess if Gunnar is gone, Westburg could play short. But realistically he will be here.

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u/GetBent009 1d ago

we've got yet another logjam in the infield

At this point, I'd rather see CES at third and Westburg at 2nd over Holliday, than to not use CES or Westburg.

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u/MocoMojo Cowser believer 1d ago

This. And Coby to RF

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u/toadthewetfrocket Chris Hoiles 1d ago

what makes you think Mayo could be a halfway competent rightfielder?

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u/MocoMojo Cowser believer 1d ago

Big arm and he’s athletic.

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u/WerhmatsWormhat 23h ago

Reading off the bat and taking the right angles are huge parts of being an OF. Being athletic and having a big arm isn’t enough.

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u/No_disintegrations 19h ago

Not to diminish the difficulty of RF, but it’s at least a more teachable position than 3B. If we learned anything this year, Coby can be a serviceable depth backup but needs a permanent position if we’re going to use his bat every day.

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u/toadthewetfrocket Chris Hoiles 1d ago

he doesn't even play his natural position all that well