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Originally Posted by octothorp
I'm curious to know why he was converted from a 2nd baseman to 3rd? Was it based on the Jays thinking they had more of a need for a 3rd baseman, or was it based on them thinking that Lawrie would be better suited to be a 3rd-baseman? How was his performance at 2nd? Is there any reason to think that the Jays could move him back there if Hill isn't with the team long-term?
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Actually, Lawrie was a catcher to start, but was terrible defensively.
He was then moved to 2B because that's a fairly easy position to play, but he was terrible there too. So he moved over to 3B because it's a slightly easier position to play and has been there since.
He'll likely have to be moved to LF at some point, but if he gets to even below average defensively at 3B, his bat will more than make up for the bad D.