“Probably being sent to the outfield was the lowest thing,” he said Sunday night. “I know I wasn’t hitting. But to literally kick me out of a position . . . From that point on, it was when I realized I could be really good defensively at second base. I would make a few plays here and there but I’d always make a bunch of stupid errors, where I was rushing and trying to do too much.
“Jose Oquendo is probably blown away that I actually got this far. I always loved being challenged. I never was a defensive guy coming out of college.