The MLB immediate need at midsummer was 3b (the Ms were still "in the race" but Figgy was killing them), and the org viewed Seager, not Liddi, as the best immediate hope in the minors to fill it capably (as in, at least David-Bell-ishly), so they brought him up to Tacoma to see what he had, and the only way to get him time at 3b was to move Liddi somewhere else. So Liddi to SS. That's exactly when it happened.
I do not think it was a recognition of Liddi's defensive skills. It was a way to keep Liddi on the field while they groomed Seager for a 3b audition.
My sense is that the org now views Seager as having failed his everyday-3b audition, and is now grooming him for a super-utility role.
Therefore, Liddi at 3b and Seager at SS in the current audition.
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