Blanco signs with Padres

[Butterscup1679666578]

1/$750k

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3850187&campaign=rss&source=MLBHeadlines

 

 

I thought for sure he wouldn't play this year. Good for him.

[Roast]

Seriously, good luck to him. Seems like a quality guy.

[cubsfan26]

Sounds like a pretty low salary, I thought he might get over 1m. But he might have took less money to get a little more playing time with the Padres. Blanco probably has a decent chance to get over 300 AB's with them next year.

[Schwarber Fan]

Did we ever officially sign Bako or are we looking at Koyie Hill as our backup?

 

Not that having Hill over Bako would be a bad thing...

[cubsfan26]

The Cubs didn't offically sign Bako yet, but I think they might have some type of handshake type agreement. The Cubs roster is full at 40 guys, so they could be waiting until Hendry clears some roster space before adding Bako.

[Post Count Padder]

That's a good deal for the Padres. He's better than Ausmus, who they wanted more. I'm surprised he signed this quickly but I wish him well.

[PrimeTime]

Good luck, Hank.

 

http://www.desipio.com/images/mlb2k7covers/hank-mlb2k7.jpg

[pitchcs]

Gonna miss that sneaky power and ability to speak Spanish to Z.

[BigbadB]

Hope to see him at one of the local bars. I'd love to buy him a beer.

[Jehrico]

I would have liked to have had him back as a backup for that price.

[Wrigley Rat]

"We were able to get an experienced catcher with considerable postseason experience," Padres general manager Kevin Towers said.

 

Nice to know the Padres plan on competing this year. That postseason experience will really come in handy.

 

http://www.sbrforum.com/Headlines/MLB/73136.aspx

[photoguy9883]

Gonna miss that sneaky power and ability to speak Spanish to Z.

 

Doesn't Soto speak Spanish? He was born in Puerto Rico.

[Roast]

Gonna miss that sneaky power and ability to speak Spanish to Z.

 

Doesn't Soto speak Spanish? He was born in Puerto Rico.

And lives there in the offseason. He definitely speaks spanish.

[Electron Blue]

Gonna miss that sneaky power and ability to speak Spanish to Z.

 

Doesn't Soto speak Spanish? He was born in Puerto Rico.

 

I think he speaks in tongues, actually, so yeah, he should be good.

[Derwood]

I hear he was signed to be Sean marshall's personal catcher

[Wrigley Rat]

Remember everyone that Henry Blanco can be traded by the Padres after June 15th! If Paul Bako or Koyie Hill aren't working out at that time, maybe it will become a Jake Peavy AND Henry Blanco trade to the Cubs for our entire farm system. :) Fun to think about!

[jacey]

For what little extra he signed for over what Hendry has budgeted for Bako, I'd much rather have Blanco.

[Old Style]

Geo speaks all languages fluently.

[cubbinalltheway]

so now all we need is for hendry to say "hey hank do us a favor and put the fear of god into towers and tell him to get this deal done." which, of course, will just require hank to stare at him for 15 seconds or so.

 

really though, wish we could've signed him at that cost. or even a little higher. seems that he wants more playing time than the cubs could offer though.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Clearly they wanted a catcher familiar with Sean Marshall as a prelude to the Peavy deal.

[BigbadB]

"We were able to get an experienced catcher with considerable postseason experience," Padres general manager Kevin Towers said.

 

Nice to know the Padres plan on competing this year. That postseason experience will really come in handy.

 

http://www.sbrforum.com/Headlines/MLB/73136.aspx

 

That's rather hilarious.

[Lefty]

Surprised at the $ figure. Blanco was really overpaid during his time here.

[jersey cubs fan]

Surprised at the $ figure.

 

So am I. I thought the Cubs were going with somebody else because of cost.

[BigbadB]

Surprised at the $ figure.

 

So am I. I thought the Cubs were going with somebody else because of cost.

 

I would have loved having Hank back for that price. Guess he didn't like the lack of playing time.

[Derwood]

Clearly they wanted a catcher familiar with Sean Marshall as a prelude to the Peavy deal.

 

beat you to it