Email a copy of 'A’s, Suzuki Agree To Extension' to a friend
Loading ...
By Ben Nicholson-Smith | at
Email a copy of 'A’s, Suzuki Agree To Extension' to a friend
MLB Trade Rumors is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, MLB or MLB.com
hide arrows scroll to top
Joseph Cecala
Good deal for the A’s. I like Kurt and hes a very underrated player with great defense. Hope he does well with the A’s.
TVReviewsion
Good for him (and the A’s!)! He’s a great catcher and definitely deserves it.
Qbass187
At first I was like, “why?” Now he’s stuck in freakin’ Oakland for 4 more years…but then I realized;
They’ll still trade him.
RBomb2844
Hopefully they will realize that some players just shouldn’t be moved and instead focus on guys that they can build a team around.
RedSoxHuskies94
This is the only catcher i would’ve been excited to get as a red sox fan, not ianetta or montero from the dbacks, But he deserved this, congrats a’s on lock up a great catcher.
PL
Just like Haren & Swisher before him, you can bet all the money you can he will be in a Boston uniform next year.
corey23
yea because swisher and haren ended up in boston all right. Not only that but you chose 2 players who beane got a great return on
InTheKZone
Great signing for both sides.
rovert22044
He is a great catcher, but I would want more hitting out of a catcher. A .257 BA is not a $17MM deal kinda catcher. 26% of baserunners isn’t good either… Though he is a good fielder.
Either way, good for him and the Athletics.
letsgogiants
He did average .279 in 2008 and .274 in 2009 respectfully. Though he doesn’t have a very good OBP (.313 last year, .316 this year). He did however have both a higher batting average and OBP in 2008 (.279/.346) than he did in 2009 and 2010, which makes you wonder whether he sacrificed both his AVG and OBP% for SLG% in 2009 (.274/.313/.421) after his SLG% was .370 the year before. He did hit about twice as many homers and RBIs in 2009 than he did in 2008.
rovert22044
Yeah that’s true. He is a good catcher, but I don’t think he is $17MM catcher. Either way, I would love the Astros to have him! Haha!
jphenix2002
who wouldnt like to have Suzuki? Considering they only bought out the team-controlled years as well as a possible free-agent year, I dont think he had much to lose by signing this deal. Oakland only trades players in the last year of their contracts. ;p