Former NC State Shortstop Trea Turner made his first career Major League start on Friday night for the Washington Nationals. It wasn’t a dream of an offensive debut, going 0-3 at the plate, but he did manage to show his uncanny range and speed on defense.
It is rather odd that Turner got his first career start at Second Base. Turner came up to the Majors ranked as the #5 Shortstop prospect in baseball. With that being said, it’s somewhat par for the course for Turner. As a Freshman at NC State he played 3rd Base, before moving over to Shortstop.