San Francisco Giants: Pre-Spring Training Roster Prediction
Catchers:
There has been a
relatively silly
completely insane rumor that the Giants might choose to go with three catchers. Three catchers on the roster is probably the worst idea for bench depth I’ve ever heard of. There is NO WAY there will be three catchers. Here is how I see the catchers shaking out:
- Buster Posey (DUH)
- Nick Hundley
That’s it. There is nothing else to say about this. Nick Hundley is an extremely experienced catcher, who has started multiple places, and provides a way better plate presence out of a backup catcher than Trevor Brown.
I actually really liked Trevor Brown. He was a good catcher, and just way too far behind with the bat. It came to a point last season where the Giants couldn’t really afford to put him in with how bad his bat was, unless Buster was hurting or really needed an off day. You also have to remember, Brown only came to the surface because Andrew Susac failed. Neither did anything in spring training to win the job, Susac was just so bad they gave it to Brown.
Brown and Federowicz would likely end up in AAA, but Fedierowicz probably ends up trying to go elsewhere if he doesn’t make the big league club.