2018 Spring Previews: Corner Infielders
The following position preview was originally posted on Booth, Justice, and the American Pastime and is the third installment of a multi-part series looking at the Rainiers possible 2018 Opening Day roster.---Today we'll preview the potential Tacoma Rainiers corner infielders for 2018.We've gotten into a habit of previewing third and first base
The following position preview was originally posted on Booth, Justice, and the American Pastime and is the third installment of a multi-part series looking at the Rainiers possible 2018 Opening Day roster.
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Today we'll preview the potential Tacoma Rainiers corner infielders for 2018.
We've gotten into a habit of previewing third and first base together because for several years the Rainiers had players who appeared at both positions, often moving across the infield from day-to-day. That may happen again this year - but not with our most notable returning player for 2018.
If it's an option to Tacoma, we'll happily take him. Vogelbach has hit well in the PCL for two straight seasons, and he'll fit right into the middle of the Tacoma lineup.
Joining Vogelbach in the middle of the lineup is local product
Three players we covered in the middle infield section (scroll down two posts) have experience playing third base:
And while we will be listing him in the outfield group next week,
One corner infielder who will probably see a lot of time in spring training games but is unlikely to appear for Tacoma is first baseman
At this juncture it looks like we've got Vogelbach and Hague handling first, and a real hodgepodge of players at third. Bring 'em all to spring training and let the baseball gods sort 'em out.
Links:
- John McGrath has five reasons to be excited about the coming Mariners season. The column comes complete with a classic McGrath opening paragraph.
- The Mariners announced they are expanding the protective nettingbehind home plate to the ends of the dugouts. This is a common move across the majors and much of the minors now, for the purpose of fan safety.
- Outfielder Oscar Gamble - owner of the most famous Afro in baseball history - has passed away.
- College baseball starts soon. In its Pac-12 Preview (free), Baseball America projects Washington as an NCAA tournament team.