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Alex A. 29.
This is Tony Sanchez’s age 26 season. Is that old for a catcher? Is another year of seasoning necessary at this point?
Revery
Agreed. At this point, a year in the Bigs under the tutelage of Martin seems to outweigh any developmental gains in AAA.
Ron Loreski 2
Sanchez being on the big club with Martin, Cole, Morton, and Ray Searage is better than playing at AAA IMO. I don’t think service time should be an issue here either because Reese McGuire should be ready before Sanchez is eligible for free-agency.
Pennsy
Detwiler just got worse and worse the second and third times through the lineup. He’ll have less exposure coming out of the pen and will see fewer guys multiple times over the season.
Henry Limpet
The Pirates will not pick up any catcher who is not in the high upper half in pitch framing and good at throwing out base runners, I can guarantee that.
No one will complain if Tony Sanchez is given the task. His bat was already better than Stewart’s, and his play during the playoff run in 2013 was exceptional. He knows the pitchers well too.
MB923
I’m not familiar with JR (I refuse to call him John Ryan) Murphy’s pitch framing, but he has heavily improved each year in throwing out base runners. SSS but if interested (and I don’t see why you would be but I”ll put it out there anyway), he threw 3 of 6 out in the majors last year.
I don’t know why B-Ref is not showing Minors stats in 2013 as far as CS% goes, but in 2012, it was 38% in AA
He did however allow a lot of passed balls. Then again, Chris Stewart did too last year in the majors.
I believe Law or Olney has stated Murphy could be a starting ML catcher right now. His downside though is his bat.
dvmin98
Put Weiland on the 60 day…we don’t need him right now. No sense in risking it…let him heal.
Danny Phillips
Detwiler could be a force coming out of the pen. Best way to utilize his talents.
Curt Green
Keep Stanton happy, Miami, keep him happy.