There is some video out there of Ronald Acuña playing second base. There’s also footage of Acuña crushing a pitch while swinging left handed. How bananas would it be to see him play 162 games as a switch-hitting second baseman? Ivan ran the numbers, and he said that he would be worth approximately 3700 WAR doing that in 2026. Honestly, right field and designated hitter is fine, Ronnie. Please take care of that lower body.
Spring Training is the time of year to see players trying out some different things. So which Braves players will play out of position this Spring? I would be curious to see Eli White playing some second base. I don’t think they see him as an infielder, but he might have to play there to make it as the last or second to last guy on the bench. There might be some center field in the future for John Gil. I don’t if we’ll see it this early in his career, though.
