The Los Angeles Dodgers planned to have Gavin Lux be their starting shortstop this season, but the team made an abrupt change following the 26-year-old's previous throwing issues resurfacing. Mookie Betts has taken over as the team's everyday shortstop, with Lux moving back to second base. It marks the second consecutive year that Lux lost hold of the starting job at shortstop.
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Dave Roberts doesn't put much stock in the defensive metrics available on websites such as Fangraphs and Baseball Savant, and not just because the Dodgers have their own internal system to measure how their players are performing in the field. “The metrics certainly have a place, but I have two good eyes, or sorta good eyes, that watch every play that's made,” the Dodgers' manager said. Muncy committed 16 errors last season, the second most among major league third basemen.
No | Player | P |
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57 | P | |
21 | P | |
45 | P | |
31 | P | |
26 | P | |
48 | P | |
78 | P | |
41 | P | |
63 | P | |
99 | P | |
22 | P | |
85 | P | |
28 | P | |
17 | P | |
65 | P | |
59 | P | |
80 | P | |
71 | P | |
49 | P | |
58 | P | |
51 | P | |
18 | P | |
56 | P |
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
15 | C | |
16 | C |
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
5 | 1B | |
8 | 2B | |
9 | SS | |
13 | 3B | |
11 | SS | |
3 | SS |
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
50 | RF | |
37 | RF | |
23 | RF | |
33 | CF |