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Why don't we move Beckham to 2nd?

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I swear I've been thinking about this all week - before Beckham had his two throwing errors today. I like Bekcham. He's athletic but his arm is weak for SS.

Next year, why don't we  move him to 2nd?

Then we either move Schoop to SS (I think he'd be fine but might some think he's too big?) or third. I mean as it stands now Schoop's arm is being wasted at 2nd. How do you guys think Schoop would do at SS or third? Is the thought he's too big for SS? I think he's plenty athletic. Isn't he a better fielder than Cal?

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It would shuffle them all around, but I could see Schoop at 3rd, Manny at SS and Beckham at 2b. 

I also thinks it worth giving Beckham time to see if he get a little more mentally focused into next year and work on the little things with his defense. May not be his thing, but worth a shot. 

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5 minutes ago, Malike said:

Schoop would have the range of a statue at SS. And his arm is being wasted? Do you have any idea how many DP's this team turns that others would not ever be able to due to his arm? Some waste.

So that's a maybe?

Sarcasm aside I thought Schoop looked ok in the extremely limited time put there this year. If Beckham moves I'd rather manny slide over and Schoop take 3rd. I do think many of Beckhams errors are correctable though, he has the arm to make both of the throws he botched tonight.

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Nothing wrong with Beckham's arm at SS other than how he uses it. He's just an inconsistent ballplayer. Hopefully, he will continue to produce enough offensively to compensate for his mistakes. So far that is working out with the O's. It did not with the Rays. And they did move him to 2B.

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3 minutes ago, mdbdotcom said:

Nothing wrong with Beckham's arm at SS other than how he uses it. He's just an inconsistent ballplayer. Hopefully, he will continue to produce enough offensively to compensate for his mistakes. So far that is working out with the O's. It did not with the Rays. And they did move him to 2B.

Agreed, although I'd argue he does enough defensively to compensate for the mistakes, he's got a lot of range.

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I'd leave everyone where they are.    Beckham's erratic but the tools are there.    I'm not as optimistic as wildcard that Bobby Dickerson is going to make a huge difference for Beckham, but we should take all of 2018 to find out.   

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