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angelsinthetroutfield
Hope one of those offers in from the Halos
ryanw-2
Probably is. They need another veteran behind the dish.
dodgers4life357
Hell no
HaloShane
Do you guys really want him? The past 3 years dude could not hit his way out of a wet paper bag…. Think Perez and Bandy are better. Just my opinion.
dwilson10
Orioles are one of the teams. They have already been linked to him and he would make a great platoon option with Joseph.
Sutter
The Twins are definitely one of the teams.
twins33
Sounds like not, but I hope they get added to the list of offers quickly. I don’t expect Castro to choose the Twins over a contender though, so wouldn’t surprise me at all if they miss out.
therealryan
C’mon Rays, 3/21 and get it done.
Astros2333
If thats what it takes then Houston should re-sign him.
southi
I know they are not an American League team, but the Braves need to sign Castro and then be set with their major shopping list.
JKurk22
I’d rather stick with Flowers and Recker than have Castro. Then we could wait until next year and possibly go after Lucroy. Anyways, Flowers is also among the better pitch framers in baseball and he hits much better than Castro
southi
The Braves could still go after Lucroy if they so desired in the next off season since Flowers only is under contract for 2017 now (with a team option). Signing Castro for a two year (or three year deal) would guarantee the Braves an elite framer (as he trailed only Posey and Grandal per this very article we are posting under). for the young pitchers coming up. If the Braves decided to go full out for Lucroy next off season they could also certainly deal Castro if so inclined (since good framing catchers are almost always in demand). Signing one does not eliminate signing the other next season. Also while it is true that Flowers hit better than Castro in 2016 that has not always been the case.
Let’s just say that the catcher market may be interesting to watch even if there are no exceptional candidates since Ramos’s injury gave him question marks.
rocky7
Wow, where to you Braves fans come from.
An elite framer that can’t hit water if he fell out of a boat on the left side, and finishes out as a .220 at best and you think this is somebody that can change things.
and as far as your comment about framers always in demand….only as backups that can’t hit.
Its still an offensive game and defensive metrics even for a catcher normally are used to validate why a player is playing in place of somebody else..
southi
Your right that no one should expect Castro to hit much, but the plain fact is over his career he has a 93 OPS+, and in 2016 his OPS+ was 88. But if you are actually looking at facts then you’d already had realized that the average OPS+ for all catchers in 2016 was 87. That means that even after what almost everyone would describe as a poor year with the bat, Castro was still around (slightly better in fact) than the average major league catcher. Besides a few select catchers league wide the state of catchers with much of the league is NOT where they’d prefer it to be, which is why there are so many teams looking to improve their catching situation this off season.
The truth is that since Cervelli signed an extension earlier this season, and Ramos got injured late in the season the available catchers are not what was once expected to be this off season. But even ones who are elite framers like Castro (who you apparently think should be a backup) are supposedly getting interests from teams.
Another truth is that IF Castro were to sign with Atlanta he would not be a classic starting catcher …although as the left side of a near platoon he would generate the most atbats. No where in any of my many posts on this website have you ever seen me even remotely insinuate that I thought Castro (or any other player at any other position) would “change things”. But I will admit that based on the Braves current situation that I believe that signing Castro would MOST LIKELY be the teams best option for improving the catching situation based on the current catchers thought to be available, expected salary, and expect cost in talent expended (which since he is a free agent is zero). The Braves however I’m sure have more information and formulas at their disposal than either one of us do and may definitely decide differently. In my opinion the Braves even with the addition of several improvements are not going to be in serious contention in 2017 (although they might stay in wild card contention until late in the season IF a lot of things go well).
Feel free to criticize any of my opinions or statements (they are only my opinions based on what factors I’ve analyzed after all). I have absolutely no problems with criticism if it is warranted, but please don’t claim that I’ve said something that I never did.
steelerbravenation
Braves should make a play for Miguel Montero as a tandem with Flowers and focus on finding a catcher of the future whether in the draft or aquiring somebody young from another team.