Especially since we had a catcher who could hit and gave him away for one that can't and a minor leaguer who can't hit too. And that we have another catcher that can hit wasting away in AAA. Zips' projection for Soto last year was.......... Name P AVG OBP SLG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS
Soto c .236 .312 .334 98 305 35 72 12 0 6 33 33 84 1 1 ....... and his actual line was.......... 04/03 - 10/01 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
Soto 25 1 5 1 0 0 6 2 0 5 0.200 0.231 0.240 0.471 Let's don't go overboard, eh? Yes, he didn't hit very well in limited time in the majors last year. However, he's tearing up AAA right now, and it's pretty obvious Hill and Bowen aren't cutting it offensively. Why not give Soto a chance?