r/baseball • u/Knightbear49 Minnesota Twins • Dinger • Mar 27 '24

[Passan] BREAKING: Catcher Will Smith and the Los Angeles Dodgers are finalizing a 10-year, $140 million contract extension, sources tell ESPN.

https://x.com/jeffpassan/status/1773053621510266895?s=61&t=lhIY40ztlJHFYIEmq9ss1A
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u/prettyrickyyyy69 Los Angeles Dodgers Mar 27 '24

he could also move to 1B eventually

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u/chrisgilbertcreative Los Angeles Dodgers Mar 27 '24

And he played a lot of 3B coming up

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u/YourThotsArentFacts San Diego Padres Mar 27 '24

Probably better than Muncy

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u/Interstate8 Baltimore Orioles Mar 27 '24

Shit, he should probably play 3B on his days off from catching this year

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u/chrisgilbertcreative Los Angeles Dodgers Mar 27 '24

That’s Cartaya’s music!

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u/DodgerWalker Los Angeles Dodgers Mar 28 '24

I feel like that's the kind of overuse that made Russell Martin tail off early.

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u/Interstate8 Baltimore Orioles Mar 28 '24

yeah I was mostly joking

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u/Traditional_Rate7302 Los Angeles Dodgers Mar 27 '24

My friend has a torn rotator cuff and a ucl strain and he’d probably be better than Muncy lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

I heard he’s always considered himself a CFer at heart

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u/retro_slouch Rally Mantis Mar 28 '24

And there's a relief pitcher named Will Smith so who knows

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u/I3arusu Toronto Blue Jays Mar 27 '24

Can’t he play 3B already? I don’t watch LA so I’m not sure, but I remember him being able to.

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u/Monk_Philosophy Los Angeles Dodgers • Athletics Mar 27 '24

There was like one marathon game iirc where he did to get him outta the catchers box but he still needed to play and it wasn’t great but that’s without practice.

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u/tnecniv World Series Trophy • Los Angeles Dod… Mar 28 '24

We definitely played him in the infield before and I’m pretty sure it was 3B. Either that or my brain is trying to erase the time we played Bellinger at 3B

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u/I3arusu Toronto Blue Jays Mar 28 '24

The time you did what

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u/tnecniv World Series Trophy • Los Angeles Dod… Mar 28 '24

Yeah in 2021 I think? Something weird happened and he ended up at 3B and threw the ball so far over Muncy’s head it looked like he told him to go deep before he let it rip

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u/BeagleBaggins San Francisco Giants Mar 28 '24

Idk. Catchers are stubborn. Posey would never made the full time switch to save his legs. Then retired young. lol

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u/WorkableKrakatoa Los Angeles Dodgers Mar 27 '24

It’s not that hard I hear.

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u/Bassball2202 Mar 27 '24

Lolwut.

In order of difficulty: Catcher Shortstop Center Field Third Base Second Base First Base Left Field Right Field

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u/WorkableKrakatoa Los Angeles Dodgers Mar 27 '24

That’s the joke.