Bryant can now add shortstop to resume

CHICAGO — Kris Bryant can add shortstop to his list of positions. Who knows? The versatile player may get a chance to test his defensive skills everywhere before the season is over.

“I was very surprised,” Bryant said on Wednesday about being moved to shortstop in the ninth inning of Tuesday night’s game vs. the Dodgers during a double switch.

Manager Joe Maddon went to the mound and told second baseman Ben Zobrist to move to short and that Tommy La Stella was going to play second. But then Maddon changed his mind and had Zobrist stay at second, La Stella go to third and Bryant to short.

“I was pretty surprised, but I figured there’d be a point at some time when I’d slip over there,” said Bryant, who did not make a single play in his brief stint at short.

“It was funny to see,” shortstop Addison Russell said. “We all know K.B. can play the position pretty well. He’s an athletic guy.”

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