PHILADELPHIA — Does it mean what it looks like it means?
That’s the big question the Phillies left us to wrestle with on Monday when they exercised the opt-out in Jean Segura’s contract. Barely 48 hours removed from their season-ending loss in Game 6 of the World Series, Dave Dombrowski and John Middleton made the one move they needed to make in order to make a play for one of the four elite shortstops available on this year’s free-agent market. The Phillies accomplished two things by cutting loose their veteran infielder:
1. They gave themselves the ability to move Bryson Stott from shortstop to second base.
