During Saturday’s FanFest, Wil Myers confirmed that the third base experiment is over. He’s preparing to be an everyday outfielder moving forward, with the possibility of playing a little third base as a backup option. While this news answers a question about Myers’ role on the roster, it places some emphasis on a couple of other issues that the team needs to address before Opening Day.
When he started taking grounders at third base, people took notice. The team has had a need at the hot corner for a while now, and the roster had a bunch of outfielders, so if he could learn the role and earn the full-time job, it would have solved two problems at the same time.