Munson, Rivera or Rottino?; Latest: Munson clears waivers, outrighted to AAA

[JoeHova]

maybe Rottino would be the callup, but then why wasn't he in the mix during the spring? I don't see why the org's opinion of him would change drastically over the next month or two (iow, before a vet like Munson would be able to request his release).

 

 

Also, I don't get why people care so much about righty vs. lefty when it's not a platoon situation. Who cares if Munson bats lefty? He still hits like garbage, so what's the difference? I'm happy to see that the team looked beyond that. Munson has caught 120 games as a pro, 118 of them in the last 2 years. He's not really a catcher. Rivera is.

[berniebrewer4life]

I expect Munson to report. As TH said, unless some team makes a crazy offer(he makes 525k no matter where he plays this year), i expect him to go to Nashville.

[Hate those Rodents]

I am sure he'll get starter playing time. He is somewhat versatile. I also think Doug and his brass probably brought up the Closser situation and told him "if you have a better shot elsewhere, we'll do the same thing for you."

[BrewCrewForever]

I'm okay with Rivera being the backup. He has played okay the past couple years when called up, Kendall will catch most of the games anyway.

[Team Canada]

maybe Rottino would be the callup, but then why wasn't he in the mix during the spring?

Because they want him catching every day.

[rluzinski]

Who cares if Munson bats lefty? He still hits like garbage, so what's the difference?

 

I've never gotten that either. The major reason to worry about handedness is to get the platoon advantage. If a batter has the platoon advantage and still is bad, it's worthless.

[Tbadder]

I'm just glad they didn't pick Rottino. At least every so often Rivera muscles up.

[bcf5575]

rivera or munson - does it really matter? kendall is going to start 140+ games and yost never uses his backup catcher off the bench. so what does that leave for the Rivera - 20 starts, maybe 100 plate appearances, and some late inning defensive work in blowouts.

this is why I am happy that rottino is in AAA developing his catching skills. sitting on the bench in milwaukee will do nothing for him...

[BrewCrewForever]

this is why I am happy that rottino is in AAA developing his catching skills. sitting on the bench in milwaukee will do nothing for him...

 

That is a great point, hopefully he can "catch" on quick and get his defense down so he could possibly be our catcher next season in the bigs. He has a pretty good bat, now he has to fine tune his D to be a big league caliber catcher.

[Thurston Fluff]

I've never gotten that either. The major reason to worry about handedness is to get the platoon advantage. If a batter has the platoon advantage and still is bad, it's worthless.

 

Or pinch hitting. Had this been any other position than catcher handedness would probably have been more significant. Ned seems to prefer to give a starter the day off when there isn't a game the next day so they get two full days off. Who the opposing pitcher is has little to do with it so a lefty, righty tandem is even less significant.