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Baseball Musings
March 26, 2008
To the Salt Mines

Jarrod Saltalamacchia starts the season at Oklahoma. It seems the Rangers want him to play every day to develop more as a catcher. I say let his bat do the talking.


Posted by David Pinto at 03:35 PM | Spring Training | TrackBack (0)
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I have to disagree. Saltalamacchia the slugging catcher, even with below-average but acceptable defense, is a very valuable player. Saltalamacchia the league average first baseman is much less valuable. Texas is making the riskier play, trying to make Saltalamacchia into a more valuable player rather than accepting reduced value, but I think it's a worthwhile gamble.

Posted by: NBarnes at March 26, 2008 04:16 PM
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