Well, I think the big issue with Lopez's defense isn't what he's doing right now, but what he figures to do next year and beyond. Of course, none of us have a crystal ball, but based on Lopez's build it isn't unreasonable to expect him to decline defensively as he continues to mature physically. Many expected this decline this season, especially after it was reported that he purposely got bigger in preperation for becoming a first baseman, but he's managed to play the same sometimes-frustrating-but-adaquate defense that he's shown the last couple of years. But how many years can he keep it up?
All the talk about moving Lopez has little to do with what he is doing now, but what everyone is expecting him to do later. And with that, I say don't move him (defensively) until you have to, because his bat is not a third baseman's bat right now. Only move him to 3B for 2010 if you have a 2B that is an improvement offensively AND defensively.
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