Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell has decided that Christopher Morel will focus on playing third base during spring training. Morel, who hit a total of 37 home runs in 2023, with 26 in the major leagues, is being given the opportunity to establish consistency at third base as part of the team's plans for the upcoming season.
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Third base has long appeared to be the best path for Christopher Morel to get in the Chicago Cubs lineup — at least in a non-designated hitter capacity. Morel is now receiving that opportunity to stick at one position. https://t.co/bt9YBCnhTO
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Cubs manager Craig Counsell’s spring training plan for Christopher Morel begins at third base. “Christopher's done so much with the bat that it's our job to figure out the best way to deploy it,” Counsell said. https://t.co/kaaDQCwWeR
Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell now says Christopher Morel will focus on third base in spring training: “Let’s give him some consistency at third base and see where we’re at, roster-wise, at some point in camp and then go forward from there.”
At the start of Cubs camp, the plan is for Christopher Morel to focus mainly at 3B, Craig Counsell said today. Counsell wants to give Morel a chance at 3B and provide him some defensive consistency then see where the roster is at some point in spring and go from there.
News out of Cubs camp is that manager Craig Counsell wants Christopher Morel to concentrate on playing 3B to start spring training. Morel hit a combined 37 home runs in 2023 ( 26 in the big leagues )