He is also has a career .371 OBP. I think Kendall reaching his career numbers are unrealistic at this point. More realistic is his 2006-2008 split or a little better which he almost reached in 2008. Career .293/.371/.388/.759 2006-2008 .263/.334/.326/.660 I took it as Macha saying that he values Kendall quite a bit, and doesn't want to wear him down early in the season. So he may still catch 140+ games this year, but mostly at the end.