Pedro Alvarez only got one defensive chance Friday during his outfield cotillion in the Orioles’ B game, but his handling of it showed there was little apprehension about the move that could resurrect his career.
Alvarez had one defensive chance, a sinking line drive in the right-center field gap. It landed a few steps from him, but Alvarez dove and snared it to hold the runner to a single.
Dive and miss, and all the worst fears about the Orioles taking a player who was defensively challenged on the infield dirt and making him an outfielder would be emblemized in one play.