Twins catcher thread
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 1:09 pm
Suzuki was put on waivers and he is also a free agent. If he doesn't fall off a cliff the last chunk of the season his ability to hit looks pretty good. I don't know what the FA catchers look like this year but my guess is it's not that spectacular. There are only so many good ones to begin with and only so many get to FA. If Kurl could throw out runners at a higher rate I bet he would be getting a really healthy check and I bet he gets a decent paycheck anyway.
Does anyone have any other ideas of FA catchers?
I'm a bit interested in seeing what Centeno can do both defensively and with his bat. The scouting report from when he came up to help the Brewwrs last year says he is a terrific defensive catcher but struggles with balls in the dirt. Ok Maybe that's his issue. Plenty of guys have their flaws.
Now 122 ABs this year is a pretty small sample but let's for fun project that by going with some rough stats by 4x. 28 doubles 4 triples 8 hrs and 68 RBIs with 104 strikeouts. That's not too bad especially if he can gun down guys in the running game. Could he be part of the answer at catcher? Idk but the biggest flaw of him in the scouting report was lack of power and he has shown some decent power in limited action this year so there may be enough there for at least a backup catcher if he is above average overall defensively.
The young guys...other than reading some scouting reports and what they are doing in the minors by their box scores idk. I haven't given up on Murphy yet either.
To me catcher seems like the position this team really doesn't have an answer for at this point and I don't see a big time player waiting isn't he wings although they have some solid prospects. Other than questions about top end pitching I think it's the biggest question for this team if they want to make a big jump. They for sure don't have to get an all star at that position but it would be nice to get someone that's a bit better overall than Kurt and is younger.
Does anyone have any other ideas of FA catchers?
I'm a bit interested in seeing what Centeno can do both defensively and with his bat. The scouting report from when he came up to help the Brewwrs last year says he is a terrific defensive catcher but struggles with balls in the dirt. Ok Maybe that's his issue. Plenty of guys have their flaws.
Now 122 ABs this year is a pretty small sample but let's for fun project that by going with some rough stats by 4x. 28 doubles 4 triples 8 hrs and 68 RBIs with 104 strikeouts. That's not too bad especially if he can gun down guys in the running game. Could he be part of the answer at catcher? Idk but the biggest flaw of him in the scouting report was lack of power and he has shown some decent power in limited action this year so there may be enough there for at least a backup catcher if he is above average overall defensively.
The young guys...other than reading some scouting reports and what they are doing in the minors by their box scores idk. I haven't given up on Murphy yet either.
To me catcher seems like the position this team really doesn't have an answer for at this point and I don't see a big time player waiting isn't he wings although they have some solid prospects. Other than questions about top end pitching I think it's the biggest question for this team if they want to make a big jump. They for sure don't have to get an all star at that position but it would be nice to get someone that's a bit better overall than Kurt and is younger.