Atlanta Braves Spurned by Castro, Face Catching Conundrum
Jason Castro has accepted a deal with the Twins. That severely limits the catching choices now available to the Braves.
The catching upgrade options are dwindling quickly for the Atlanta Braves.
Ken Rosenthal reported late this afternoon that the Minnesota Twins has landed free agent catcher Jason Castro on a 3 year deal.
Source: Castro deal with #Twins will be for three years, more than $24M.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 22, 2016
Later reports seem to peg the number at $24.5 million. This makes sense for the Twins, who were looking for a full time backstop. For the Braves? Kinda pricey for what they had in mind.
The Braves were looking for somebody to share time – perhaps more than half, perhaps less depending on who – with Tyler Flowers. The idea of a 3-year deal was probably not terribly palatable to the team, but without that, it was clear that they wouldn’t even be in the running.
In the end, though, Atlanta is still left one anode short of a fully-charged battery.
So What Now?
We’ve talked catching… a lot… this off-season. Most recently that happened here, which included a quick discussion of just this possibility.
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In short, the choices seem to be these:
Whether this gets resolved any time soon or not is anyone’s guess, though mine is “not real soon”.
There are a few reasons for that thought:
Baseball's labor peace in jeopardy; lockout possible…. https://t.co/gjzZ5V3iEX
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 22, 2016
Rut-roh. Didn’t see that coming. Hopefully not – obviously – but stranger things have happened.
Will stayed tuned for new updates.
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