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March 10, 2008
Yanks Sign Moeller
Via the official Yankees site:
The Yankees' catching situation is cemented at the big league level, with veteran Jose Molina backing up starter Jorge Posada. But Moeller said that he has been told a starting job awaits at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
"They told me to come in and be ready to play this spring," Moeller said. "Catching is already set here, but it's an opportunity to go and play at Triple-A and be on the field. That's pretty much all you're asking for."
Via the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia:
Catchers, 1973-2007, min 1300 PA, ranked by worst OWP:
OWP OWP PA 1 Matt Walbeck .237 2279 2 Steve Swisher .237 1577 3 Chad Moeller .242 1321 4 Jorge Fabregas .244 1994 5 Joel Skinner .258 1551 6 Henry Blanco .267 2249 7 Gary Bennett .276 1851 8 Andy Allanson .287 1633 9 Mike Matheny .288 4287 10 Mike DiFelice .289 1692
Hey, what can I say? He's worse than Joel Skinner. Wow.
Posted by Steve Lombardi at March 10, 2008 04:59 PM
Comments
The Yankees sure do have a penchant for worst-ever catchers. Wil Nieves, anyone? Thank god for Jose Molina, I say.
Posted by: Andrew ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.waswatching.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at March 10, 2008 05:35 PM
This is a non story. This guy has no future with the Yanks. They need catchers in camp to spread the innings around, and they didn't want to use Montero because he actually has a future and needs to be in the minor league camp getting ready for his actual season. Unless you actually live in SWB, this is probably the only time you'll ever here this guy's name mentioned.
Posted by: j at March 10, 2008 05:56 PM
Agree with J here, this is just to compensate for the loss of Cervelli.
Posted by: Steve A at March 10, 2008 07:02 PM