Sal Frelick, who made his major league debut last season as one of the top outfield prospects in baseball, appears set to play a significant amount of infield in 2024.
Per Curt Hogg of the Milwakee Journal-Constitution:
Frelick has played lots of third in games but somehow almost never gets the ball hit to him. It’s uncanny. But in drills, you can see he’s gotten more comfortable. He’s very fluid and smooth coming in on the ball.
I can’t say if he will be an average third baseman, but I do think there’s enough of a chance that it’s worth giving him a shot at the hot corner during the season. And it sure seems like the Brewers are intent on Frelick being the primary third baseman against righties, too.
We heard earlier in the offseason that Frelick was working at second base, then we knew he was working at third as the spring started, but now this appears to be a reality.
Who knows if he can lock down the hot corner, but this does allow the Brewers to get his bat in the lineup and helps them be able to keep more outfielders on the roster - a position of strength for them.
The 23-year-old was a first round pick of the Brewers in the 2021 draft out of Boston College and made his major league debut last season.
In 57 games, he hit .246 with three homers, 24 RBI and seven stolen bases. Milwaukee won the National League Central.
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