Infield positioning, generally: Strong arm, great range -- SS. Strong arm, limited range -- 3B, Limited arm, great range -- 2B. Limited arm, limited range -- 1B.
It's been reported that the Orioles don't. If you wish to believe that O'Hearn and his agent aren't very smart, knock yourself out. As I said, it makes total sense to me and I'm frankly surprised at how hard you are working at trying to create some big mystery where none exists. O'Hearn didn't want to go double or nothing on $300k because that is serious money to him. It really is as simple as that, IMO.