With both Miguel Olivo and John Buck returning we pretty much know what we are going to get from the catchers position - low OBP, marginal power, and a whole lot of strikeouts. I'm still mystified that DM has chosen to go the '08 route rather than keep either Olivo or Buck with Brayan Pena as the backup. I was even more confused after listening to DM talk about Pena's potential on 610 sports last night. Pena does have a meager .228/.252/.315 career line but he only has 131 plate appearances spread out over four seasons with the Atlanta Braves. However he has a .313/.362/.411 line in over 2000 minor league PA's.
Unlike Olivo & Buck, Pena makes frequent contact as evidenced by his 17 strikeouts in 240 PA's with Omaha last season. He has nothing left to prove in AAA. I suppose Moore could be looking into trading Buck though I'm not sure what his value is but I doubt it's where it was two years ago. I just find it hard to believe that Moore is content with OPS+'s of 78 & 80 behind the plate.
But then again he's the same guy who gave Farnsworth 9.25 million dollars.
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