You've nearly stumbled onto the truth here.
Tyler Paige and Willy Escala played SS in high school.
But neither is better than Zamora.
So Zamora is playing SS because.......he's the best option.
I know, crazy.
Who plays SS?
Whoever it is will be a worse player than Rivera.
You're right. It's not hard. This is not even being discussed among the coaching staff.
You still need someone to play SS and you can only have three outfielders.
You can't play everybody in the OF.
Del Castillo, Rivera, Gates, Jenkins.
What if Hylan Hall comes to school?
Zamora is playing SS.
You can only play three outfielders. So if you're going to have your best nine in the lineup somebody has to play SS.
The best SS of the nine? Freddy Zamora.
This isn't even a difficult call right now.