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Olivo Won't Be Back With Royals In '09
According to Sam Mellinger of the Kansas City Star, catcher Miguel Olivo won't be back with the Royals in 2009. (Olivo's exact words: "Hell no.") Olivo's $2.7MM option for '09 is mutual, so he'll decline it even if the Royals exercise it. Olivo is upset about his lack of playing time, but he knew John Buck was part of the team when he signed.
Olivo, 30, is hitting .264/.291/.472 in 261 plate appearances. As Mellinger points out, that ugly OBP is actually a career high. To his credit, Olivo has hit lefties well and gunned down a healthy 37.9% of attempted thieves. Olivo will join a poor free agent class of catchers.
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Hell no!
Posted by: Chris | August 29, 2008 at 10:03 AM
Olivo is ideal for a team with an everyday catcher who only needs a day off every two weeks or so. Think Russell Martin or Brian McCann. Thing is, he would have to take a pretty significant pay cut to do that.
Posted by: AA | August 29, 2008 at 04:19 PM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but even though Olivo has a mutual option, won't he also not have enough playing time in his career to not be a free agent?
According to Cot's he'll have 5.171 years of service time after this year, leaving him just shy of the 6 years needed for free agency.
So won't he still be under some sort of control?
Posted by: Slayer | August 31, 2008 at 02:47 AM