JUPITER -- Hanley Ramirez neither sulked nor turned cartwheels when he sauntered past his old shortstop position and found his new spot at third base on Tuesday.

The actual changeover was, well, a bit of a yawner considering the winter-long buildup and behind-the-scenes dissatisfaction he expressed over the move.

“I never said that I’m not going to do it,” Ramirez said after taking ground balls at third base for his first time a Marlin. “I’m happy to be here.”

Then again, as new manager Ozzie Guillen said later: “Right now, everybody in camp is happy. He seems like he’s a happy man. I think playing third base is going to be easy for him.”

As pitchers and catchers trickled in to spring training on Tuesday, Ramirez — wearing a black and orange glove to complement the team’s new colors — was checking out third base for the first time in an official capacity. He said he worked out some at third over the winter with Wilson Betemit while in the Dominican Republic.

On Tuesday, one of Guillen’s sons, Oney, hit routine ground balls to Ramirez while another son, Ozzie Jr., manned first base and took his throws.

The Marlins have told Ramirez that, for the time being, they don’t want him diving after balls in order to protect his surgically repaired left shoulder. But Ramirez said his shoulder is feeling great and that, mentally and physically, he’s “stronger” and looking forward to the season.

Ramirez is coming off the worst season of his major-league career, when he hit just .243 and was limited to 92 games because of injuries.

Larry Beinfest, the Marlins’ president of baseball operations, said he is confident Ramirez will return to his All-Star form and doesn’t doubt he’ll adapt to third base, a move that occurred when the Marlins signed Jose Reyes in December.

“I’m not going to go into my list of worries, but I wouldn’t say it’s at or near the top of the list,” Beinfest said.

Beinfest described Ramirez’s offensive woes as an aberration.

“Never thought I’d see it,” Beinfest said. “Really, it’s a blip. I’m confident that’s all it was. That’s just not who he is, and we do not foresee that happening [again].”

Ramirez said what excites him more than anything is the prospect of hitting third behind Reyes and Emilio Bonifacio, giving the Marlins a one-two-three punch packed with speed.

“What a combination,” Ramirez said of the trio. “It’s going to be a monster year.”

Guillen said he doesn’t expect the position switch to be an issue. He lauded Ramirez’s “attitude” on Tuesday and ribbed him about the colorful shoes he was wearing. Guillen said he told Ramirez he would have to hit 40 home runs because only a star player could get away with it.

“It’s a lot of color,” Guillen said. “You wear those shoes’’ and “you hit like [I did], those are not good-looking shoes.”

Ticket sales

Single-game tickets to Marlins home games will go on sale March 3 as part of FanFest at the team’s new ballpark. Fans can purchase tickets that day starting at 10 a.m. by either going to marlins.com or the Marlins Park Box Office outside the stadium.

In addition to being able to buy single-game seats at FanFest, which goes from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., fans can meet players, get autographs and take a walking tour inside the new ballpark.