by king sisyphus » Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:39 pm
a catcher that is underperforming but should wind up a major improvement over aj
someone like victor martinez might be a good bet, he has gotten a lot of bad press this year (well deserved) and i think he's due for a big second half esp with clevelands offense as a whole starting to improve lately... that is, if his owner needs pitching and is sick of victor
if not, then mauer is good too... the point is that you should be able to get a top catcher but you wont get a top 3 catcher like pudge, posada, javy lopez or maybe even varitek (who has been surprising me thus far).... of course, this doesnt take into account inge, who is catcher eligible... you can try to get one of them but idk if that'll happen... a more realistic bet (and remember you're thinking from performance from this point on) would be to get victor or mauer
just my opinion though