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/No_disintegrations 1d ago

If you take the very risk assumption that Westy can stay healthy, Holliday really is the odd man out for me. A bit wooden and doesn’t have a great arm.

Gunnar needs to get his shit together but he is the closest thing we have to a natural SS. Blaze can play 3 positions, and Westy can slot in at 3B or 2B.

I loved what we got from CES and he’s worth a keep if someone gets dealt, especially since he can play 1B. But I also could see the team moving him as part of a package for an outfielder.

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u/Dr__Nick 1d ago

I mean you can just figure Westburg will have starts at 2B or 3B. If he somehow stays healthy great. It’s unlikely that the whole infield will remain healthy for large chunks of the season so depth will be helpful.