SAN FRANCISCO – New Cubs utility player Zach McKinstry turned double plays with David Bote before the Cubs’ 4-0 loss to the Giants on Sunday, with Bote fielding grounders and McKinstry tossing the ball from second base to first.
“We’ll continue to work through where he’s going to be,” manager David Ross said, “but I told him to get his work in all the infield positions.”
McKinstry, after joining the team in San Francisco on Sunday, went down the list when asked what position he was most comfortable in: “Third base, second base, shortstop.