The flexibility of the Chicago Cubs position players has been talked about at length. But I’ve also noticed that Joe Maddon likes to try to minimize moving a player around unnecessarily, especially for his best players. For instance not only does Kris Bryant rarely play in the outfield anymore, but he had to borrow an outfield glove when he made a surprise start in the outfield for this weekends’ series against the Rockies.
There were early signs that Maddon was thinking that he was going to treat Happ similarly this season. Before the season began Maddon was openly talking about possibly not using Happ in the infield.