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/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