The most likely outcome of the Philadelphia Phillies inking shortstop Didi Gregorius to a one-year/$14 million deal Tuesday is that Jean Segura will shift to second base, and Scott Kingery will open the season as the team’s starting third baseman, with No. 1 overall prospect Alec Bohm perhaps not far off from getting a chance to sink or swim at the hot corner at the major league level.
Defensive metrics weren’t kind on the job that Segura did at shortstop in 2019. He had 20 errors, a -1.3 ultimate zone rating and -5 defensive runs saved. That’s why he was open to moving away from shortstop, per Matt Gelb of The Athletic, and why the Phillies aggressively pursued Gregorius to take over there.