Mike Moustakas could play the second goal for the Brewers

When the Brewers agreed to bring free agent Mike Moustakas back for a one-year contract, it was assumed that this decision meant a return to the "Big Boy Infield" that we had seen in the second half of the season last, with Travis Shaw returning to Second Base.

Keep this thought, however, according to Shaw himself:

Just days before signing, Shaw announced that he would welcome Moustakas into the team. He also said he knew that Moustakas' return was a possibility, so it's no exaggeration to think he may have had conversations with Craig Counsell about what would happen in this scenario.

It should also be noted that when Moustakas' trade took place last July, Moose said he would be willing to spend time at second base. If Shaw is confident, he will stay in third place, maybe it's up to Moustakas to try his luck. Given their size and their athletic abilities – and the fact that Shaw is the strongest defender of the two players at third base – Moustakas on second base has always seemed a little more logical in the grand scheme of things, even though it's not the same. they did not want to ask. him to play there last year.

With enough time in the camp to get comfortable, maybe that's where we're headed. It seems that Tom Haudricourt thinks so, as he has mentioned in his second base survey for the Journal-Sentinel and on Twitter:

The spring training gives the brewers time to solve their problems without the pressure of a pennant race. If the Moustakas-At-Second experience goes as badly as the Gennett-In-The-Outfield or Ryan Braun-At-First Scooter experiments, we may not see it in the regular season, but at least this time. This, the advantage of not costing the team games – and they already know that Shaw is not a disaster there if they have to go back to the lineup of 2018.

UPDATE:

Counsell himself says that Moustakas will have time at second base this spring: