2012 Minor League Players - Middle Infield

We started this series by looking at catchers and first basemen, today it's the middle infielders who we review. Because of the interchangability of shortstops and second basemen we will look at them together making it a double position look. Las VegasThere could be a battle for playing time in AAA. The Jays had an excess of middle infielders, even before they added Omar Vizquel this week.Adeiny Hechavarria will return to Las Vegas to handle shortstop. Hechavarria made a great first impression in Las Vegas last August but he didn't follow up that up in the fall where his performance was weak. Hechavarria battled some leg problems in the AFL which may or may not have impacted his hitting. 2012 is a big year for Hechavarria to show he can be an offensive threat in the major leagues.Jon Diaz was recently in Toronto as part of the players of the future camp. Diaz impressed John Farrell last spring training with his defense and because, in the major leagues, shortstop is a ...