Sentences with phrase «backup catcher»

Our backup catcher [Drew Butera] trains with higher volumes, and he will incorporate consistent conditioning sessions to offset his lower playing time.»

BNN's position - by - position breakdown of the two teams... Catcher - Edge Yankees - I gave the edge to the Yankees in the championship, too... but that was back when Jeff Mathis was a nobody backup catcher, yet to wreak havoc on Yankee pitching for six straight games.

There's Mark Trumbo, who led the league in homers last summer, but was also traded for a backup catcher prior to the year — no one wants to get caught paying big dollars for that version of Trumbo.

Solarte, Granderson, and Diaz have played solid defense and hit extremely well so far, plus Maile has been a valuable backup catcher finally.

The writers told me that Mike Redmond, our backup catcher, hits Glavine real good, something like.484.

Perez is typical defense - first backup catcher.

At the other end of the spectrum, Mets backup catcher Anthony Recker entered a June 30 game against the Nationals in the ninth inning with New York down 11 — 0.

In Sunday's 5 - 3 victory, backup catcher Lenny Webster had the decisive blow, a two - run, 10th - inning homer.

I will openly admit that I was personally probably the highest of anyone on his potential, almost certainly unreasonably so, but... this is still quite surprising, especially since he had been progressing fairly well (albeit quietly as well), and I hoped that he might prove himself enough to possibly become next year's backup catcher.

This offseason... Maybe a RRH backup catcher to push Phegley.

After a backup catcher and shortstop, there just isn't enough room for an all - or - nothing slugger.

Mike Redmond, who served as a backup catcher for the then - Florida Marlins from 1998 - 2004 and was part of their 2003 World Series championship team, has been named the team's manager, according to Jon Heyman:

This is a backup catcher swap, which shouldn't matter too much.

The Astros had a backup catcher throw knuckleballs for them on Tuesday night.

His best years are likely behind him, like when «Ross the Merciless» hit 21 home runs in 2006 on the Cincinnati Reds, but he's a veteran presence and, unlike most backup catchers, not a liability with the bat.

Not exact matches

Leadoff man Michael «backups each play at 1st base from Catcher» Goldstein had 4 hits and a few RBI of his own..

There's no doubt that Sanchez is the Yankees starting catcher — the question is who will play backup.