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If it wasn't difficult to learn, we wouldn't see guys butchering the outfield position. It's a lot more complicated than "he's fast and has a good arm".
Instincts are an almost unteachable aspect of OF. You can be fast, but if your first step when the ball hits the bat is in the wrong direction your speed can make the misstep even worse.
 
If it wasn't difficult to learn, we wouldn't see guys butchering the outfield position. It's a lot more complicated than "he's fast and has a good arm".

Happens all the time where guys make position changes to better suit the type player they are.
If you know baseball u know his future is in the OF. Has terrible hands for a SS. Can’t fix that.
Think Dee Gordon as a recent example.
 
Happens all the time where guys make position changes to better suit the type player they are.
If you know baseball u know his future is in the OF. Has terrible hands for a SS. Can’t fix that.
Think Dee Gordon as a recent example.

Dee Gordon was moved because they have a future Hall of Famer playing second base. Terrible analogy.

Outfield isn't easy, no matter how much you think you can just put a fast guy out there.
 
Outfield is a lot easier than playing SS or any other infield position. However, Zamora is likely our best option at the position since they keep trotting him out there.

Instincts are an almost unteachable aspect of OF. You can be fast, but if your first step when the ball hits the bat is in the wrong direction your speed can make the misstep even worse.

If he took live reads in the outfield during BP for a few weeks he would be serviceable there. Reading a ball off the bat isn't rocket science.
 
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Dee Gordon was moved because they have a future Hall of Famer playing second base. Terrible analogy.

Outfield isn't easy, no matter how much you think you can just put a fast guy out there.

Then we disagree. Any capable baseball player with his ability should be able to learn.
 
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If Del Castillo can learn to be serviceable in OF, so can Zamora.

Anyone who thinks corner OF is difficult to learn has never played the game at any level. It's difficult to play well, sure. It's not difficult to play at a servicable level.
 
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And we've had plenty of guys switch or play multiple positions just this year.

Tuero, Escala, and Del Castillo are all infielders who have seen time in the OF this season. With the way roster and scholarship rules are you need players to be able to go at multiple spots.

If not OF though, just switch Zamora and Vilar. Vilar was a good SS in HS and has fielded well here. Zamora's issues with making throws across the diamond wouldnt matter as much at 2B (yes, he'd still have errors but they wouldnt be as many). FSU made this same switch with De Sedas and it helped their D a lot
 
If Del Castillo can learn to be serviceable in OF, so can Zamora.

Anyone who thinks corner OF is difficult to learn has never played the game at any level. It's difficult to play well, sure. It's not difficult to play at a servicable level.

****!! Was wondering if I was the only baseball player on this board
 
And we've had plenty of guys switch or play multiple positions just this year.

Tuero, Escala, and Del Castillo are all infielders who have seen time in the OF this season. With the way roster and scholarship rules are you need players to be able to go at multiple spots.

If not OF though, just switch Zamora and Vilar. Vilar was a good SS in HS and has fielded well here. Zamora's issues with making throws across the diamond wouldnt matter as much at 2B (yes, he'd still have errors but they wouldnt be as many). FSU made this same switch with De Sedas and it helped their D a lot

Problem is no one has the range or arm Zamora has. Villar has slow feet and weak arm. Next year we need one. Like I said we have to bite the bullet with Zamoras defense this year.
 
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If Del Castillo can learn to be serviceable in OF, so can Zamora.

Anyone who thinks corner OF is difficult to learn has never played the game at any level. It's difficult to play well, sure. It's not difficult to play at a servicable level.

Except, of course, that he said CF, not corner outfield.
 
Escala is the only other option at SS. Here's one possible re-shuffle:

CF Lala
2B Vilar
RF Zamora
C Del
3B Gil
DH Gates
1B Toral
LF Rivera
SS Escala
 
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