NL West: Musical chairs in the Dodgers Infield
Mar 13 2024
The Dodgers' decision to move Mookie Betts to SS and Gavin Lux to 2B won’t have a significant impact on their overall playing time, but the move will trickle down to other players.
Betts is still expected to play about every day, and we project Lux for about 460 AB this season, mostly against righties against whom he hit .280/.351/.413 in 2022. While the Dodgers expect Lux to be their primary 2B, he could also see time in LF, where he played 28 games in 2022. This would give the Dodgers the option to go with an all left-handed hitting OF with Jason Heyward in RF, James Outman in CF and Lux in LF. The Dodgers employed this type of lineup frequently last season but expect to do so much less often this year with
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