Moreover, the club has stated that the motivation behind the Pederson move to first base is because they want to keep his bat in the lineup when A.J. Pollock returns from elbow surgery, which they hope will occur after the All-Star Game. They don't say which All-Star Game.
Nervous third baseman Pedro Guerrero once said famously:"First I pray they don't hit it to me, then I pray they don't hit it to Sax."
Then, unlike now, Los Angeles had a fine group of guys to fill outfield spots on an everyday basis, but none to play the open infield position. The 2019 squad hasmen who can play first base better than Mr. Pederson: Cody Bellinger, David Freese, Max Muncy, Matt Beaty and Kiké Hernandez. That's where the idea breaks down. Actually, no. That's not fair, to Pederson and to any fan without a blindfold handy. The idea breaks down the minute it's suggested by a club staffer . Pederson is a left fielder and a good one. He's not a first baseman, he's never been a first baseman, and the entire thing was ridiculous from the first .
Pollock was injury prone when he was 26 and he's injury prone now. There's little reason to expect him to meet the mid-July club timetable or hit the ground running if he does. There's little reason to expect him to remain on the diamond afterwards. Perhaps he will. Perhaps he'll be the right-hand hitting force L.A. imagined when they signed him during the winter to a five-year $60 million contract.
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