Wagner out -- broken hand

[Dojji]

http://www.soxprospects.com/players/wagner-mark.htm

Could have used him this year -- but I guess we do still have Brown if we need a catcher in an emergency.

[BSN07]

Originally Posted by Dojji

http://www.soxprospects.com/players/wagner-mark.htm

Could have used him this year -- but I guess we do still have Brown if we need a catcher in an emergency.

That sucks, I was hoping Wagner would get a chance to show what he has.

I don't mind Brown as a back up. Don't think he's much of a long term solution though. But if he can throw runners out or at least keep them honest, anything he did with the bat would be a +.

[Dojji]

Brown's got a puncher's chance to put up a .340 OBP and defend well. From a catcher' that'd be acceptable -- heck, it's pretty much Yadier Molina's skillset, although Molina's arm is worlds better than Brown's.

He's not a guy you'd want to count on going into the year with no Plan B, and if he plays too much in a given year he'll probably get exposed. But he's a half decent ballplayer who'd be backing someone up in the bigs for a lot of teams. Either Brown or Wagner brings a better arm than the guys we have right now.

That said Wagner's definitely the better model and it sucks that he got hurt this way.

[ORS]

Yaz would have continued playing one-handed, and he would have had his cast fashioned into a grip that would hold a beer bottle so that he could drink while playing the games.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Originally Posted by ORS

Yaz would have continued playing one-handed, and he would have had his cast fashioned into a grip that would hold a beer bottle so that he could drink while playing the games.

And then he would have killed Sarah Connor.

[ORS]

Yeah, with the beer bottle, while throwing a runner out, in a blizzard.