Hanley Ramierz Agrees To 3B Switch With Marlins

No one wants to switch positions, especially the one you’ve played all your life. But when it comes to winning, sacrifices have to be made. I mean, after all, isn’t winning a World Series the ultimate goal for a baseball player? Or is it just the $200 million deals?

When the Florida — I’m sorry, Miami — Marlins brought in former White Sox’ manager Ozzie Guillen to man the ship and signed former Mets shortstop Jose Reyes to a $106 million deal, reports surfaced that All-Star Hanley Ramirez was unhappy about having to move down the bench because of the new signee. But lets face it, as a Marlin’ fan myself, even I know that Hanley is below-average in fielding defense and has made horrible players at SS. He’s gotten lazy there a few times and has been caught with his head in the sky watching the pigeons search for half-eaten hot dogs.

Despite all that, it seems that Guillen found a way to convince Hanley about the switch:

“I have spoken with Guillen,” Ramirez said. “What we want is to win with the Marlins. We will see what’s going to happen with the position switch and everything else. If it’s third base, OK. Wherever they put me to win, I will do so.”

Hanley also went on to say that there are no problems between him and Reyes and that he “respects him very much.” This is the first “grown man” move that Hanley has made during his career which means, after all these years, he’s willing to put the team before him.

With Reyes at shortstop and Ramirez at third, the Marlins become stronger defensively at both positions, and more potent offensively. Reyes hit .337 with the New York Mets last year to win the NL batting title, and Ramirez — a career .306 hitter — was the 2009 batting champ (via Associated Press).

With other off-season additions such as two All-Star pitchers in Mark Buehrle and Heath Bell, things are really starting to look-up for the Marlins, especially with playing in a new stadium. The only worry I have about this team is the health. Hanley was nursing a season-ending shoulder injury the last few months, Reyes was starting to earn himself a “injury prone” label, and ace pitcher Josh Johnson can’t seem to stay healthy either.

But one thing’s for certain: If Johnson isn’t healthy, the Marlins don’t win a championship.

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