This week’s mailbag will get into Dalton Dashing‘s future with the Dodgers, the Phillies’ rotation, Kyle Tucker‘s incomes energy, the Giants’ offense, the Rockies’ potential run at historical past, and rather more.
Matthew asks:
Since they’ve performed Dalton Dashing within the outfield and 1st base, why do not they place him at third? Johnny Bench performed third and catchers generally make a superb transition to that place.
Dashing is claimed to have “above-average arm power” and “dependable fingers,” per Baseball America. He by no means did dabble at third base on the College of Louisville, regardless of spending his first two years there backing up Henry Davis at catcher. This yr at Triple-A, Dashing has spent 102 innings at catcher, 26 at first base, and one in left area. Dashing did see ample time at each catcher and left in 2024.
It is often an absence of vary that leads to a catcher transferring to first base somewhat than third. BA famous a 28.4 ft per second dash velocity for Dashing in Triple-A final yr, so he is quicker than most MLB third basemen. After all, dash velocity just isn’t vary, and I simply do not know the way Dashing would price in that regard at third.
Johnny Bench by no means actually did make the transition to 3rd base. He solely topped 319 1/3 innings there as soon as, when he reached 858 2/3 as a 34-year-old in 1982.
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