Eric Munson

[Mike Scott]

With Chavez being claimed by the Os today, Munson is going to be the Astros backup catcher to start the season. Who saw that one coming????

 

http://houston.astros.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060331&content_id=1378015&vkey=spt2006news&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou

[wolf stansson]

His spring is just a flash in the pan right?

[SouthSideRyan]

He's got power, but can't get on base. He's also only caught 1 inning in the majors so I'm interested to see how he handles the defensive side.

[Pistolcub42]

Not to change the subject here but what do the O's need with another catcher??? They already have Javy Lopez and Ramon Hernandez..

[SouthSideRyan]

They plan on DHing/1Bing one while the other catches I believe. And managers are stupid in their paranoia of having one catcher getting injured during the game with none on the bench. Cause those 2 ABs that would go to a pitcher if the other guy was switched off of DH, that's really worth wasting a spot on a 3rd catcher all year.