At the end of Spring Training, Pittsburgh Pirates Minor League Field Coordinator Shawn Bowman approached 2021 20th rounder Brenden Dixon about a position change.
“How’s your third base?” was the question Dixon recalled getting from Bowman.
“It’s okay,” was the response from Dixon.
That wasn’t exactly true.
“Never once played, but I told him ‘It’s okay,'” Dixon fessed up with a smile in Bradenton when we spoke two weeks ago.
Originally a shortstop and second baseman, Dixon felt confident enough that he could make the switch, and the Pirates felt confident enough to approach him with it.