data.3news-bydate.test.rec.sport.baseball.105014 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (David J.)
Subject: Re: Why Spanky?
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Sherri Nichols writes
> In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Jon Boone)
writes:
> > Spanky is too slow! If he were quicker, he would still be here.
> >But with Slaught and Tom Prince, they didn't want to lose Prince in order
> >to bring up that 11th pitcher. Slaught is about as good as Spanky and
> >Prince is coming along nicely!
>
> Tom Prince is a 28 year old no-hit catcher. Think of him as a young Dann
> Bilardello.
Or a young Don Bordello...
> I can't begin to fathom why the Pirates have been so afraid of
> losing this guy, who's been in AAA most of the last 5 seasons. The Pirates
> released Kirk Gibson last year because Prince was out of options, then
> eventually sent Prince down anyway, and he cleared waivers without a peep.
> He's another year older, and still can't hit; why do they think he wouldn't
> clear waivers now? Why would they care?
There's a strong possibility that the Bucs have absolutely no other catching
prospects in the minors at this point -- at least nobody ready for any serious
AAA/majors duty. The main reason they might have stayed with Prince could be
just age, especially if Spanky was creeping toward his mid-30s or something.
All things considered, though, I'd be a lot more comfortable with Spanky behind
the plate than Prince. Isn't there decent backup backstop out there looking
for work?
> Sherri Nichols
> [email protected]
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