I don't think they'll move him but too tall to play 1B and not analogous to the other corner infield spot are new ones
Are we using "analogous" differently? The skill sets are entirely different.
similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail
In general, they're both fielding positions in baseball, but in that sense catcher and shortstop are analogous.
Tell you what, rather than picking nits, would any of you want Jordan Walker at first? Honestly? Has he shown even the slightest level of coordination required to play the position? God [expletive] dammit, this is tedious.
Thanks for the definition -- typical smarmy nonsense which is rough when you don't know what you're talking about. Too tall for first base? Like Adam Dunn or Matt Olson or Willie McCovey or Richie Sexson and the list goes on and on and on. There are 2200 guys who have played both positions and they are pretty similar. Even your own examples make the opposite point, Pujols was a 3B who played more OF and 3B when he came up and eventually settled in as one of the greatest 1B of all time, never playing the position once in the minors. Jose Martinez was a horrendous OF and much less of a liability at 1B.
Thanks for the definition -- typical smarmy nonsense which is rough when you don't know what you're talking about. Too tall for first base? Like Adam Dunn or Matt Olson or Willie McCovey or Richie Sexson and the list goes on and on and on. There are 2200 guys who have played both positions and they are pretty similar. Even your own examples make the opposite point, Pujols was a 3B who played more OF and 3B when he came up and eventually settled in as one of the greatest 1B of all time, never playing the position once in the minors. Jose Martinez was a horrendous OF and much less of a liability at 1B.
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I would love it if I never see Walker play OF again. It never made sense to me. Any of few great plays he made were because he takes terrible routes but is athletic enough to make it work sometimes.
I don't think he'll be great at 1B. I'm still banging the 'pure DH' drum. But I'd rather watch him try to make 1B work than to continue playing the OF.
What about them putting Burly at 1B, keep Walker as a DH, and sign a Mark Canha type for a few million? Play Noot Siani and Donovan in the OF with Gorman at 2B. Canha can platoon with Burly and get some OF time.
I think Walker is too athletic to not at least attempt a positional switch before capitulating to DH status. Especially in a rebuild. He still represents our greatest immediate internal asset in terms of upside. If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work, and based on the tone of the brass, it’s not like moving him to first is going to block a game changing acquisition from outside the org. It would be a waste to not try to salvage defensive value for someone so young and athletic.
I think Walker is too athletic to not at least attempt a positional switch before capitulating to DH status. Especially in a rebuild. He still represents our greatest immediate internal asset in terms of upside. If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work, and based on the tone of the brass, it’s not like moving him to first is going to block a game changing acquisition from outside the org. It would be a waste to not try to salvage defensive value for someone so young and athletic.
This. Let Burly play DH/RF/backup 1B. Walker should be out there every day if we're really punting 2025. And all indications are we're punting 2025.
Day was assistant field coordinator for the Guardians, but he seems to have a lot of college and minor-league experience prior to that.
Kochan was the Dodgers' minor-league strength and conditioning coordinator for many years, and prior to that, worked for the Giants for a decade at the minor-league and major-league levels.
