Is it time to move Altuve to LF or at least consider it?

His defense has been trending downhill lately. I know the club considered moving him to center after the 2020 season but he bounced back to providing at least league average defense in 2021 and 2022. Since then he has been trending towards being worse defensively in 2023 and 2024. The clubs willingness to move Altuve to CF shows they believe that he can track down balls. His speed has declined slightly and he has never had the strongest arm but he can reach mid 80s if he needs to. Placing him in LF would allow us to sign a better defensive second baseman, have Brice Matthews play second base later in the season (still needs some time in AAA unless he kills spring training), or maybe craziest yet have dezenzo play 2B (he was a SS in college so he could be capable of it though i would worry about his movement capabilities. In a FA class that is somewhat underwhelming with its depth, filling an open OF space with Altuve and considering signing someone to play 2B widens our options to compete in 2025.

Am I Crazy?

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