While the main focus in the offseason should come down to pitching, one of the biggest questions that needs to be answered is who plays shortstop. The Diamondbacks have two candidates in Nick Ahmed and Chris Owings. Ahmed is a glove-first player that you hope breaks even as a hitter whereas Owings is a bat-first player that you hope breaks even as a defender. Whoever the team sticks with out of camp should be the everyday starter unless an injury or improvement in an area of weakness by the other.
The case for Nick Ahmed: Shortstop is a historically defense-first position.