Roster moves at the end of ST

[Frobby]

12 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

When Mike Elias likes a guy, he likes a guy whether it makes any sense or not. The fact that Bemboom, he of the career .496 OPS in 206 major league PAs and .418 and .642 OPS last year with the Orioles and Norfolk respectively, is your backup catcher after McCann went down with the same injury he had last year kinda speaks to Elias' offseason woes.

Elias claimed what, three separate catchers off waivers late in the season last year and early in the offseason and still ended up with Bemboom as his backup option when McCann went down this spring. 

No wonder he was such a priority sign for Elias this offseason. I mean, it's extraordinarily hard to find an average defensive backup catcher who can't hit at all. 

 

Is this really fair?  He’s the third string catcher and the second string catcher is hurt.  What do you really expect from a third string catcher?   By the end of the year, Handley may pass him, but for now, Bemboom has major league and AAA experience and has worked with almost every pitcher on the staff over the last two years.   Doesn’t seem remarkable to me.  

[Tony-OH]

Just now, Frobby said:

Is this really fair?  He’s the third string catcher and the second string catcher is hurt.  What do you really expect from a third string catcher?   By the end of the year, Handley may pass him, but for now, Bemboom has major league and AAA experience and has worked with almost every pitcher on the staff over the last two years.   Doesn’t seem remarkable to me.  

It's 100% fair. Bemboom should not have even been resigned and Elias should have had a better 3rd string option to go with. He and his team were very active in trying to find that backup/3rd string option and they ended up with a guy who was pretty bad, even in AAA last year. 

Is it the biggest thing in the world, no, but it's just another thing that Elias failed to upgrade this offseason.

[interloper]

I will say, I do like Bemboom more than Kolozsvary. I thought that dude looked terrible in spring. Lot of lazy defense. 

[Can_of_corn]

5 minutes ago, interloper said:

I will say, I do like Bemboom more than Kolozsvary. I thought that dude looked terrible in spring. Lot of lazy defense. 

Plus Bemboom is an easy 60 grade name, Kolozsvary is like a 20 grade.

[Ripken]

1 hour ago, Tony-OH said:

Elias does like his lefties.

They're kind of important after he turned left field into an eyesore version of the Grand Canyon.