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Transaction Oracle — A Timely Look at Transactions as They Happen Saturday, November 05, 2011Diamondbacks - Signed BlancoArizona Diamondbacks - Signed C Henry Blanco to a $1.2 million contract with a 2013 mutual option for $1.24 million.
I’m not sure that the re-signing of a 40 year old backup catcher to a
First of all, Blanco played pretty well last year (.250/.330/.540—
But what drew me to make this comment was the saga of his last mutual
All in all, a good signing for both sides. I wouldn’t want to play
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1. Walt Davis Posted: November 05, 2011 at 11:24 AM (#3986926)The first game I ever saw Henry Blanco play was this playoff game where Blanco went 2-for-3 with a home run. So, when the Cubs signed him that next offseason, I was kind of excited, until I realized that, by pure dumb luck, I had been witness to probably the greatest game in Henry Blanco's career. Damn small sample sizes (that said, Henry Blanco is a solid backup catcher and this seems like a perfectly cromulent signing).
Dan Szymborski's not walking through that door.
The difference is probably what he had to pay his agent.
/nitpicking
Power is the one offensive tool Blanco has. I've seen him hit some fairly impressive homers, I'd wager that his raw power is probably a 50, aka Major League average. He is, obviously, still a pretty bad hitter but he has enough power to step into a hanging curve and drill it pretty hard.
Actually, I think his power made his 14 year career possible. Except for Jeff Mathis, even a great defensive catcher has to have SOME offensive skill. You can still be a pretty awful hitter, but you have to have some type of offensive ability, just enough to not be a complete zero. Blanco's power gave him that sliver of offensive skill that is the difference between MLB backup, glove-wiz catcher and AAA backup glove-wiz player/coach catcher.
Fun fact: Henry Blanco has 7 career triples... LOLWTF?
Though if you're Jeff Mathis you don't even have to be much better than average defensively!
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