Ranking the 2019 Arizona Diamondbacks infield

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty ImagesThis one will be done slightly differently from the bullpen rankings done previously. The infield is not so much a single unit, and so it makes more sense to break things down by possible candidates at each position. There’s no way, for example, that Alex Avila is going to compete with Nick Ahmed for the shortstop position. So, I’ve taken each spot and listed the potential candidates at each position, with fairly loose rules to qualify - basically, did they start at that position last year more than once? However, there have been some executive exceptions granted to that rule, e.g. Jake Lamb is a candidate for first base. [He did actually start there twice in 2015, which I’d completely forgotten]

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