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Eyeball Scout: Wash's Marcus Semien At Shortstop

Perhaps no aspect of the A's season so far has been as aggravating, as intriguing, as polarizing, or as spotlighted, as Marcus Semien's journey at shortstop. Can Ron Washington perform more magic or is he trying to draw blood from a stone?

The Eyeball Scout feasts on the smallest of samples and does so without apology, simply asking readers to please completely disregard everything he says.

Catching

Whatever impact Washington will make, you can only expect to see a glimpse of it after 3 days. However, I have noticed some changes rather quickly. The main one is that since Wash arrived and first worked with Semien, it looks to me as if Semien is fielding balls with "soft hands".