Since Drew is being shopped around for some starting pitching could upton go back to shortstop? that way, we open up a spot for parra, jackson, or byrnes and we get at least, a solid starter. we would probably need to do this trade in the off-season to give upton some time to get accustomed to shortstop again, but he was a shortstop his whole life. there probably wouldn't be any drop-off in defense while we'd get to see jackson get some solid, consistent playing time.