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[Longhorn20]

Don't they have any catchers at Iowa or Tennessee that deserve a shot and could hit more than .180?

Don't they have any infielders at Iowa or Tennessee that deserve a shot and could hit more than .120?

Surely, they won't start Hendricks against Atlanta.

[jersey cubs fan]

 

[Brian707]

 

[Bertz]

I am really curious what the plan is at catcher. 

I'll be honest I'm not super worried about Amaya.  He's been bad but doesn't look broken.  He's chasing too much which is resulting in him putting too many balls on the ground, but nothing here screams broken.  Contact and exit velo are fine.  I think he's probably trying to keep his head above water with the added defensive responsibility and his offense is suffering for it.  It *should* be temporary.

Gomes though looks broken.  The bat is slow and his contact has eroded, and he has never been a plate discipline guy.  The framing is atrocious, I'm not an animated guy when I watch games but I was actually yelling at my TV last weekend during that Steele/Skenes matchup.  I believe in the game calling/extra coach on the field stuff but there's no way it outweighs everything else as currently going.

So what do you do?  We know the team really believes in catcher soft skills, and we know even teams who aren't so gung ho about those tend to be reticent to trade for catchers mid-season.  Is the team more willing to swap out Gomes with Amaya so capably stewarding the staff?  Is Gomes bad enough that it overrides those concerns?  Do we trade for a catcher, and perhaps going against Jed's sensibilities do it early, and have Gomes parked in that last bench spot until the new guy gets up to speed?

I would love to add Danny Jansen.  He's an impending FA and shouldn't cost too much.  He's got enough bat that he could do the Mitch Garver role and ease into catcher playing time.  The Blue Jays have Kirk in house already, so given the standings they could sell, hopefully early, without going full white flag.

[WhyCantWeWin]

Bring back Tucker Barnhart, bro is killing it with the dbags 

[We Got The Whole 9]

I'm sour on Amaya. If he can't curb his chases and start to do damage with a high fastball (theme of the team) then I doubt he will ever provide the type of offense we hope he will. 

 

And he is an automatic green light for pretty much every runner. 

 

I'm not sure good framing outweighs any of that.

[UMFan83]

RE: the Hendricks/Atlanta question - according to the beat guys the probable pitcher for Thursday is listed as "TBD" so I'm guessing Hendricks will not be starting.  Believe they can skip his turn anyways with the off day if they wanted to.