Corey Hart

by delomir on Aug 15, 2005 11:25 AM EDT

For those who missed it, Corey Hart of the Brewers(the prospect, not the other one at Nashville, and not the one who wears sunglasses at night either ;) ) was called up to start in Center Field while Brady Clark is out for a few days. I've never actually seen Hart play before, and am wondering if he has the range to be able to play center regularly. From what I remember, his defensive problems at third base stemmed mostly from footwork, and he's pretty athletic overall... maybe he can stick in Center? It'd certainly help with the outfield problem, having so many guys ready to play the corners, and not many teams can say they've got a center fielder with 40 HR potential.

On another note, if I recall correctly, Hart was drafted as a first baseman out of HS, and then moved to third, then left, and now center. Have there been any other players to move that far UP the defensive spectrum? (Lance Berkman maybe?)

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Considering he was a poor-fielding 3B and was sent down this spring in part because Ned Yost said his fielding in RF needed some work, CF seems like a stretch. I see from his ESPN page that he got no chances yesterday in CF, which could be random luck and could be a lack of range (probably some of both). But hopefully we'll get a chance to find out.

by Flynn Blake on Aug 15, 2005 7:11 PM EDT reply actions