Yep. I take it with a grain of salt when people talk about a certain move being against the FO philosophy which has been demonstrably fluid over the years.
How would moving R.Zimmerman from 3rd base to first base open up a spot for Cespedes? Porcello is 25 and just had back to back productive seasons. I don't think they will be rushing to move him.
He would have been the number 3 on that team if Gio hadn't had an injury plagued season. Do you think we could get Zimmerman for Cespedes and and second tier prospect?
i have seen it rarely within an organization, but never when a player has been acquired as a FA. Whether Hanley plays the infield or the outfield will determine whether Betts or XB is without a position. I don't see room for both.
it has nothing to do with fun. I just can't think of any other case where a team signed an All Star player for 4 years and $88 million to play a position that they never played in the big leagues moving him from the infield to the outfield. That would be a first in my experience.