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Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Looking forward

The OC Register reports that the Angels will likely let Washburn and Molina go (no big surprises there). Molina said he will not offer a home team discount, which almost guarantees him leaving. Also, it looks like Byrd will sign another 1 year contract (I don't know where they got that, but I like the idea). Scioscia also says that the Angels will not cut Steve Finley and basically hope he returns to form next season.

RICHARD: For what it's worth, the Times says the exact opposite in regards to Molina, speculating that he will be offered a serious contract.

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So, I'm sort of worried about the catcher position now. Are we going to get by with Molina-2 and Josh Paul?

posted by Anonymous Anonymous @ 9:47 AM
Mathis would be the other guy. It could be if Mathis isn't ready that it is Jose and Josh exclusively, but if Mathis is ready, I expect him to play between 33% and 66% of the time.

posted by Blogger Unknown @ 10:03 AM
Mathis will be the #1 catcher by the end of next season. Mark my words. In the meantime, I have no problem with starting Jose.

posted by Blogger Richard @ 12:32 PM
I'm fine with this as well. Jose will be better defensively than Bengie (I love Bengie, but let's be honest he hasn't been that great defensively for the last couple years). The only issue is that means they need another bat even more as there is a significant drop off between Bengie and Jose offensively. However, Jose isn't nearly as slow as Bengie. Still slow, but not as bad.

posted by Anonymous Anonymous @ 5:04 PM