Marlins - Signed Buck

Florida Marlins - Signed C John Buck to a 3-year, $6 million contract.

For the prices, what’s not to like?  Buck’s an average-ish catcher with pop but is ordinary defensively and makes too many outs but for $2 million a year, you can’t expect to get…WHAT?!  That’s $6 million per season for John Buck?  A 3-year, $18 million for friggin’ John Buck?

I think I liked the Marlins better when they refused to spend any money.  Did Jeff Loria get access to TARP funds?  Or is he working for the Pentagon?  I’d rather spend $10,000 for a toilet than $18,000,000 for John Buck.

Hey, Marlins, for $5 million, I’d defecate in your mailbox, which would still leave $13 million, more than enough to get a better catcher than John Buck.

This makes less sense than the plotting of the Star Wars prequels.  I think I buy Hayden Christensen’s turmoil in Revenge of the Sith more than this being a good signing.  I’d rather spend 3 years listening to Jar-Jar Binks and an elementary school orchestra doing ska versions of death metal on endless loop than spend 3 years having John Buck play for my team with that contract.

ZiPS Projection - John Buck (C)
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              AB   R   H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO  SB   BA  OBP  SLG  OPS+   DEF
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2011         350  42  88  20   1  14   55  24  97   0 .251 .305 .434   92    -4 

2012         333  39  83  20   1  13   52  23  93   0 .249 .304 .432   91    -5  

2013         327  37  81  20   1  12   49  22  87   0 .248 .302 .425   89    -5 
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