Another player to be placed on the DL; who is going to be the Cardinals catcher? It will be Jason LaRue! Yadier Molina was run over by pinch runner Eric Bruntlett in the top of the ninth inning. He was charted off the field on a stretcher. Indications are he will be ok. Catchers get smacked by bats, hit by foul balls, run over by base runners and even a wild pitch here or there. With the season full of injuries it makes the catcher spot even thinner than it was. With guys like Victor Martiniez and Josh Bard on the DL and Ryan Doumit and Jorge Posada on and off the DL, I think the Catcher position is very thin. What makes it even worse for Fantasy owners is that players like J.R. Towles and Kenji Johijima who had so much potential at the start of the season are so bad. Towles has been sent down to Triple A, the Astros now have Brad Ausmus behind the plate but he should simply be picked up in NL only leagues and maybe a league that requires 2 catchers. Another disappointment is Kenji Johijima who is has just signed a 3 year 24 million dollar contract and is batting total of .226 and has 2 homeruns and could not hit his way out of a paper bag. The mariners are the worst hitting team in the AL, and have Jeff Clement down in the minors just tearing it up since May when he was sent down. But the Mariners have nowhere to play him.
For catchers like AJ Piersynski, Russell Martin, Brian McCann and Geovanny Soto who are having good seasons, there are ten teams struggling at the catcher position. San Diego had Josh Bard who was not having a bad season, got hit with the injury bug which opened the door for former cub Michael Barrlett show that he is still a good catcher.
With the draft just over we should have some hot young catchers coming up in the next couple years with guys like Buster Posey, Kyle Skipworth, Jason Casto and Brett Lawrie. All drafted in the 1st round the catcher position are starting to look up. The Catcher to look out for this season is a hot prospect from the Baltimore Orioles named Matt Wieters. He should join guys like Taylor Teagarden, Max Ramirez and Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who are all on the Texas Rangers or in there farm system. There’s tons of trade bait there with that bunch. Hopefully the catcher drought will end very soon for all of us Fantasy owners.
For catchers like AJ Piersynski, Russell Martin, Brian McCann and Geovanny Soto who are having good seasons, there are ten teams struggling at the catcher position. San Diego had Josh Bard who was not having a bad season, got hit with the injury bug which opened the door for former cub Michael Barrlett show that he is still a good catcher.
With the draft just over we should have some hot young catchers coming up in the next couple years with guys like Buster Posey, Kyle Skipworth, Jason Casto and Brett Lawrie. All drafted in the 1st round the catcher position are starting to look up. The Catcher to look out for this season is a hot prospect from the Baltimore Orioles named Matt Wieters. He should join guys like Taylor Teagarden, Max Ramirez and Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who are all on the Texas Rangers or in there farm system. There’s tons of trade bait there with that bunch. Hopefully the catcher drought will end very soon for all of us Fantasy owners.
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