Has J. Lamb played anywhere but 3B in his career?

[sundevil04]

...and other than OF. If there's any way he could play 2B, we could trade A.Hill while he has some value. Our 2016 lineup would be stacked with young talent.

C - Peter O'Brien
1B - Goldy
2B - J.Lamb
3B - Y.Tomas
SS - C.Owings
LF - - E.Inciarte
CF - A.Pollock
RF - Trumbo

bench
Tuffy
Peralta
Ahmed

 

[BC867]

...and other than OF. If there's any way he could play 2B, we could trade A.Hill while he has some value. Our 2016 lineup would be stacked with young talent.

C - Peter O'Brien
1B - Goldy
2B - J.Lamb
3B - Y.Tomas
SS - C.Owings
LF - - E.Inciarte
CF - A.Pollock
RF - Trumbo

bench
Tuffy
Peralta
Ahmed

-- As I posted in the "Diamondbacks Promote Yasmany Tomas" thread a couple of days ago, I searched and Lamb has not played any position other than 3B in pro ball.

-- With Ahmed now hitting steadily, there is no way the D-backs are going to move him from starting SS. 'Gotta give credit to the coaches for teaching him how to hit at the Major League level.

 

[sundevil04]

-- As I posted in another thread, I searched and Lamb has not played any position other than 3B in pro ball.

-- With Ahmed now hitting steadily, there is no way the D-backs are going to move him from starting SS. 'Gotta give credit to the coaches for teaching him how to hit at the Major League level.

I love Ahmed in the field, and I'd prefer a defensive SS to an offensive SS. But I want to see more from Ahmed than 10 good games before I'm convinced he can hit in the majors.

 

[BC867]

I love Ahmed in the field, and I'd prefer a defensive SS to an offensive SS. But I want to see more from Ahmed than 10 good games before I'm convinced he can hit in the majors.

Emphasis on "there is no way the D-backs are going to move him from starting SS".

They were committed to him at starting SS even before he started hitting.

And, in Nick's case, it is not a case of a player having a good streak. It is about one who lacked Major League hitting skills and has taken the next step.

It is not just singles. He hit a HR yesterday and just missed one today.

 

[sundevil04]

Emphasis on "there is no way the D-backs are going to move him from starting SS".

They were committed to him at starting SS even before he started hitting.

And, in Nick's case, it is not a case of a player having a good streak. It is about one who lacked Major League hitting skills and has taken the next step.

It is not just singles. He hit a HR yesterday and just missed one today.

I hope you're right about Ahmed. I'll be the first to say he's looked good, but it is just 10 games. Less than 2 weeks ago he was batting .130. Let's hope it's not just a streak.

 

[AZ Native]

I love Ahmed in the field, and I'd prefer a defensive SS to an offensive SS. But I want to see more from Ahmed than 10 good games before I'm convinced he can hit in the majors.

THIS

 

[BC867]

I hope you're right about Ahmed. I'll be the first to say he's looked good, but it is just 10 games. Less than 2 weeks ago he was batting .130. Let's hope it's not just a streak.

THIS

The point I have been trying to make is that D-backs management made Ahmed their lead SS before he started hitting.

No matter what we on ASFN think or hope (and I started a previous thread stating that Nick Ahmed is not a Major League hitter), the decision is made and, so far, they made it work. Ahmed is a much better hitter now than previously.

Kudos to the Hitting coaches, Turner Ward and Mark Grace. (And that is not easy for me to say about Gracie, who offered more negatives than positives to the D-backs after he retired as a player.)

 

[overseascardfan]

Played 3B in college too, so it looks like he is strictly a 3B. There just isn't a spot for him now unless ARZ is looking to deal an OF to move Tomas there but if he and Trumbo are in the OF at the same time that is a defensive disaster waiting to happen. A decision is going to have to be made soon, too bad Trumbo or Tomas can't play C because that's the only spot that could use an upgrade.

 

[Phrazbit]

I think the most unrealistic part is Peter O'Brien at catcher... he is never going to make it to the bigs in that role and I think the team has pretty much given up on the idea.

The easiest fix is to dangle Trumbo, move Tomas to RF and play Lamb at 3rd.

 

[sundevil04]

I think the most unrealistic part is Peter O'Brien at catcher... he is never going to make it to the bigs in that role and I think the team has pretty much given up on the idea.

The easiest fix is to dangle Trumbo, move Tomas to RF and play Lamb at 3rd.

They moved O'Brien back to catcher a few weeks ago and word is he looks more relaxed since the move back.

 

[Phrazbit]

They moved O'Brien back to catcher a few weeks ago and word is he looks more relaxed since the move back.

I hope its true but I'm not holding my breath. I've detailed them here before so I won't bother again but his results as a catcher in the minors would have him breaking records in the bigs... and not the good records.

 

[BC867]

I hope its true but I'm not holding my breath. I've detailed them here before so I won't bother again but his results as a catcher in the minors would have him breaking records in the bigs... and not the good records.

You're right! Peter O'Brien, as a Catcher and handler of Pitchers, will never be 1/10 the Catcher that Tuffy is.

You don't turn your pitching staff on the field over to a sub-par Catcher because "he looks more relaxed since the move back" from the outfield.

Especially with Ahmed now adding credence to the #8 position in the batting order to go with his superior fielding at SS. Just in the field, he has been the D-backs unsung hero all season. Just as Tuffy has been behind the plate.

Even with two starting Pitchers, a key reliever and a good 3B out, we are one game under .500 and right in the middle of the NL West standings.

Peter O'Brien is a player without a position. Unless it's DH in the American League.

 

[Phrazbit]

You're right! Peter O'Brien, as a Catcher and handler of Pitchers, will never be 1/10 the Catcher that Tuffy is.

You don't turn your pitching staff on the field over to a sub-par Catcher because "he looks more relaxed since the move back" from the outfield.

Especially with Ahmed now adding credence to the #8 position in the batting order to go with his superior fielding at SS. Just in the field, he has been the D-backs unsung hero all season. Just as Tuffy has been behind the plate.

Even with two starting Pitchers, a key reliever and a good 3B out, we are one game under .500 and right in the middle of the NL West standings.

Peter O'Brien is a player without a position. Unless it's DH in the American League.

I wouldn't be surprised if he is adequate as an outfielder, but there isn't room there at the moment.

 

[BC867]

I wouldn't be surprised if he is adequate as an outfielder, but there isn't room there at the moment.

Then I wonder why the D-backs moved O'Brien back to Catcher at the Minor League level.

 

[Phrazbit]

Then I wonder why the D-backs moved O'Brien back to Catcher at the Minor League level.

Because we have a bajillion outfielders and about 0.5 catchers. But I agree that he won't make it, I just think they're some combination of desperate and optimistic.

 

[sundevil04]

You don't turn your pitching staff on the field over to a sub-par Catcher because "he looks more relaxed since the move back" from the outfield.

Did you honestly interpret my stating he looks more relaxed behind the plate as "he's ready to take over the MLB pitching staff right now"

My statement was simply that he has been moved back to catcher and looks more relaxed than previously. Is he ready for the bigs behind the plate, not today. Is he one step closer than he was a month ago, yep. Will he ever be ready for the bigs behind the plate? Well, Gold wasn't ready for the bigs at 1B according to more "experts" when he was in AA. If O'Brien puts in the work like Goldy did, I'm not one to bet against him.

 

[Phrazbit]

Did you honestly interpret my stating he looks more relaxed behind the plate as "he's ready to take over the MLB pitching staff right now"

My statement was simply that he has been moved back to catcher and looks more relaxed than previously. Is he ready for the bigs behind the plate, not today. Is he one step closer than he was a month ago, yep. Will he ever be ready for the bigs behind the plate? Well, Gold wasn't ready for the bigs at 1B according to more "experts" when he was in AA. If O'Brien puts in the work like Goldy did, I'm not one to bet against him.

The question scouts had with Goldy was bat speed, not that he couldn't field.

I doubt that after several years of his being an absolutely god awful minor league catcher that O'Brien is going to turn into a serviceable major league one. When they moved him most recently to the outfield it was because he was struggling to even throw the ball to the pitcher. You take that, a mountain of errors, an insane amount of passed balls and that minor league runners have virtually stolen at will against him... I just don't see how he is going to make it in that position.

IMO the team is a bit desperate right now for a "catcher of the future" but I doubt the delusion lasts long.

 

[AZ Native]

The "he can't throw the ball back to the pitcher" was just too much for me. How in the hell do you make it to this level and can't make that throw?

 

[PDXChris]

The "he can't throw the ball back to the pitcher" was just too much for me. How in the hell do you make it to this level and can't make that throw?

Ask this guy.

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