Miguel Olivo

[RedPinStripes]

I would still think Mark and Colon want Sandy . Unless KW or JM have something to say about it.

[whitesox247]

lets just hope that JM doesnt see both sides of ur arguments..that sandy should catch buerhle & colon because he caught them before...AND..sandy should catch the young guys so he can provide "veteranship". Because if that happens, we'll probably be seeing sandy catching 24/7 again and no time for my oliverboy

[supernuke]

I could live with those numbers as long as his D is solid. They would be an improvement over last year.

My friend, don't ever say that. I remember the days when it was said if our shortstop coulld just hit 240 but played stellar defense... and then along came Royce... who actually had a better batting year than Valentin last year, hit 260 for us, and did it mater?

 

If our catcher hits 220 he will be a bum in the fans minds and I will think it is woefully inadequte.

 

And 220 will only be improvement over MJ, not over Sandy and JP.

 

I am following HSC on this, I think Olivo will be fine. If he is around 260 his first year, cool, but I want that average higher plus the stellar defense plus a good chemistry in the clubhouse player.

I always value your opinion but I have to stand by my statement. However I should have added more to it, I agree .220 is an inadequete average but I could live with it if he is showing signs of improvement and the D is great. Also if he does have any trouble with his game calling all he has to do is look toward the dugout and get a sign from Sandy. I will take a defensive catcher over an offensive catcher any day of the week esspecialy with the other offensive threats that are on this team.

 

All this is really meaningless though since Olivo will do just fine.