Rockies’ Gonzalez Healthy, OK With Move to Center Field

Carlos Gonzalez insists moving from left to center field at spacious Coors Field won't be a problem.

Staying healthy may be the bigger issue for the Colorado Rockies slugger.

Dominant at the plate and in the field when he can play, Gonzalez is eager to show he can log 145 games again after wrist and finger injuries have slowed him in recent years.

His bad luck continued even after the season when he needed an emergency appendectomy. And when doctors were performing that surgery, they discovered a hernia that needed repair.

Gonzalez just isn't sure where he'll be going. When the season ended and the Rockies traded speedy center fielder Dexter Fowler to Houston, Gonzalez was sure he was taking his Gold Glove to center.

But then Colorado acquired Drew Stubbs from Cleveland. And while manager Walt Weiss says Gonzalez will start the spring in center, it's possible he could go back to left if Stubbs or Charlie Blackmon play well enough at center in exhibition games.

The three-time Gold Glove winner is fine with the move, as long as he sticks in one spot.