Christopher Morel has been the subject of several different topics of conversation this offseason, whether it’s misreported trade rumors or where he’ll play in the field. The Cubs said he was going to get reps at first base in the Dominican Winter League, which never really came to pass, but he did spend time at the other corner. That’s something Jed Hoyer had talked about all the back in June of last year as the team searched for the best way to keep his bat in the lineup.
Despite the president of baseball operations saying third base “makes some sense,” it would be another two weeks before the manager started Morel there.