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How exactly is it that we have a catcher in AAA, 26 years old, hitting to an .850 OPS, as near as I can tell his defense is solid or better in all aspects, even has the kind of strikeout to walk ratio and OBP strength the team likes in a catcher -- and no one's heard of the guy? The only reason I looked this kid up is that I didn't want to let my manlove for Christian Vazquez' arm blind me to other backup catching options so I did a little groundwork to see what else we had in other obvious potential backup catcher positions -- and there's the starting catcher for the Pawtucket Red Sox hitting like a champ and no one said a word to me about him.
All the numbers I have access to tell me that this kid could backup or even platoon for a big league team right now, heck there's a few teams he'd be starting for. Would probably be up with us if our catching options weren't already so crowded, and yet he's getting no attention -- at all.
Am I overreacting? Maybe a little. But this might be a hidden gem, and you know how I can be about them. What's the thought of some of the rest of the forum on this guy? How many had even heard of him?