BRADENTON, Fla. — The National League's reigning batting champion doesn't have a position.

That's the status of Freddy Sanchez at the Pittsburgh Pirates' spring training, just a few months after he hit .344.

Sanchez excelled at third base last season but has performed exclusively at second in the opening days of camp, largely because management wants to determine where two other competing infielders, Jose Castillo and Jose Bautista, fit into the plan.

If Sanchez is troubled by that, it isn't showing.

"I'm not worried about that at all. I'm used to it," he said. "Wherever they play me, I'm ready for either. Obviously, I'm going to have to work hard at each position. It's possible I might not know which one I'm playing until three days before the opener, but that's fine."

Manager Jim Tracy doesn't sound too concerned, either. He said he would like to choose between Castillo and Bautista by the time there are roughly two weeks left in the spring.

"We're not talking about someone who can't play second base," Tracy said of Sanchez.

Sanchez, 29, started at the position last season and performed well. He also made 92 starts at third base and 27 starts at shortstop. Despite all that shifting, he finished the season with 10 total errors.