Florida Marlins Prospect Logan Morrison Moving to the Outfield?

All signs point to the Florida Marlins trading 3B/1B Jorge Cantu relatively soon and the Marlins are doing all they can to prepare for the move. If and when Cantu gets traded, it looks like the Marlins will move Chris Coghlan from left to third and super-prospect Logan Morrison from first to left field.

Playing mostly left field in the majors, Coghlan did come up through the minors as a third baseman. He is considered a little better fielder than Cantu, which still makes him a below average defensive third baseman.

While Coghlan switching positions is a big move, the bigger move and bigger story would be Morrison moving over to left field.

For those of you not familiar with Morrison, he is one of the best hitting prospects in the game. He was a Top 20 prospect prior to the start of the season by Baseball America and has done nothing to tarnish his ranking this season.

Morrison at Triple-A New Orleans is hitting .306 with six homers and 44 RBIs with 16 doubles and a .424 on-base percentage. He projects as a left-handed, line drive hitter who will hit .300 on a consistent basis.

What’s interesting about Morrison is that he is a first baseman. With Gaby Sanchez proving that he is an everyday first baseman in 2010, Morrison needs to find another position. That position appears to be left field.

Over the past nine games, including Monday’s game, Morrison has played left field. Morrison should get a solid lesson from the Marlins as they are well versed in having players switch positions.

They moved Miguel Cabrera from third to first, Dan Uggla from third to second, Cantu from second to third to first, and Coghlan from second to left.

Now it looks like Morrison will be next in line of young players switching positions in a Marlins uniform.

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