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Monday, November 23, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO—Preparing for the possibility that they won’t re-sign Bengie Molina, the Giants have contacted the representative for Yorvit Torrealba, another free-agent catcher.
Giants general manager Brian Sabean said last Monday that the Giants wouldn’t offer Molina, their regular catcher for the previous three seasons, more than a one-year contract, given 22-year-old Buster Posey’s impending readiness for the Major Leagues. Sabean also reiterated his belief that at least one other team will offer Molina the multiyear contract he seeks.
Conceivably, if the Giants signed Torrealba, their backup catcher from 2001-05, he would handle the bulk of the playing time until Posey developed sufficiently.
Let me get this straight. They wouldn’t play Torrealba when they controlled his rights for 6 years, but are willing to sign and play Torrealba so he can block Buster Posey for another year? I love the Giants.
Tripon
Posted: November 23, 2009 at 10:50 PM | 10 comment(s)
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1. Dock Ellis on AcidThat's not fair. He wasn't a proven veteran back then.
It's a special kind of genius.
It depends on the execution. Torrealba could be an outstanding backup.
Really, its Bochy would do it, since he tried as hard as possible to not play Posey.
He won't, and for a very simple reason. If he tries, I'll kill him.
First we trade some dudes (I forget who) for AJ Pierzynski. (career wOBA 10 points less than Yorvit)... then we got 3 years of Mike Matheny (worse hitter than both, then injured for a year), THEN we got Bengie. Who you know, is kinda a little bit better than Yorvit if you squint kinda sorta.
So, no. Everything seems perfectly normal in Giants land.
That's a pretty liberal definition of "major league catcher".
I will always remember Torrealba because in one of those old PS2 EA MLB games, the announcer said his name "Yorvit . . . Toreeba".
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