Garko: Catcher Eligibilty?

[OneLoveBoomer]

Possibility?


Yahoo News...


Apr 3 Indians.MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince reports Cleveland Indians 1B Ryan Garko is the emergency catcher. The converted catcher caught SP Paul Byrd's bullpen session before batting practice Wednesday, April 2.


Apr 2 1B Ryan Garko, the emergency catcher behind starter Kelly Shoppach while C Victor Martinez is sidelined with a strained hamstring, caught RHP Paul Byrd during Byrd's between-starts bullpen session Wednesday.

[NZ Eff]

No.

It would take Garko at least 2-3 weeks to start 5 games at catcher to become eligible and that isn't going to happen before V-Mart resumes catcher duties. He PH today so I doubt he is far away.

[triple3play]

wow, would i love to see that.....but its not going to happen.

[Old_Style]

I was thinking about that when Martinez went down.
I know it's wishful thinking, but it would be great if it happened.

[raiders_umpire]

I can't imagine the Indians doing that move considering how bad defensively Garko was behind the plate in the minors. If he does get a few games though, I surely hope my base stealers are set to play against him. We could have a record number of steals in any game that Garko catches.