Dickey

[calsnowskier]

Toronto needs to find a knuckler catcher, PRONTO.

 

[bravesfan]

I'm glad to see him gone, he use to fustrate atlanta hitters.

Take Bob Uecker's advice...just wait for it to stop rolling and then go pick it up!

 

[huskers1217]

hello bravesfan...welcome

 

[Shanemansj13]

Toronto needs to find a knuckler catcher, PRONTO.

Agree, he had like 4 wild pitches last night. I think he is overhyped he had one great season and now he is expected to do te same. He will live up to expectations in Toronto, but how can you with that last year he had.

 

[calsnowskier]

Agree, he had like 4 wild pitches last night. I think he is overhyped he had one great season and now he is expected to do te same. He will live up to expectations in Toronto, but how can you with that last year he had.

3 PBs.

You can't really blame Arencibia, though. Some guys make entire careers out of the ability to catch a knuckle-baller.

 

[Shanemansj13]

3 PBs.

You can't really blame Arencibia, though. Some guys make entire careers out of the ability to catch a knuckle-baller.

Well I know he had a WP's bc some of those the catcher had no chance. But yeah they need something like Boston had with Wakefield. Mirabelli, I believe, can in for Varitek when Wakefield would throw.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Didn't they get Thole from the Mets in the trade specifically for this reason? Oh, and he had 3 very good seasons, not 1.

 

[calsnowskier]

Mirabelli is a perfect example. IIRC, didnt they trade him the Padres, then realized they needed him back, so they re-acquired him a month or so later?

 

[powerchord86]

Didn't they get Thole from the Mets in the trade specifically for this reason? Oh, and he had 3 very good seasons, not 1.

Yep, I'm pretty sure they did. Although catching him has to be an adventure no matter who you are.

 

[powerchord86]

Agree, he had like 4 wild pitches last night. I think he is overhyped he had one great season and now he is expected to do te same. He will live up to expectations in Toronto, but how can you with that last year he had.

I've been thinking the same. You especially never know what to expect with knuckleballers.

 

[raptorlife4]

It was 1 game and they started Arencibia due to the fact it was opening day.
They have Blanco as there backup right now and Thole in the minors.

Just a blip

 

[Shanemansj13]

Mirabelli is a perfect example. IIRC, didnt they trade him the Padres, then realized they needed him back, so they re-acquired him a month or so later?

I don't know, haven't heard from him in a while. It wasn't that good, but he could catch that knuckleball like an all-star.

 

[Shanemansj13]

It was 1 game and they started Arencibia due to the fact it was opening day.
They have Blanco as there backup right now and Thole in the minors.

Just a blip

Can Blanco catch a knuckler though?? If he can't they better call up Thole.

 

[raptorlife4]

Can Blanco catch a knuckler though?? If he can't they better call up Thole.

Apparently he can. He caught him thru the preseason.

Anyways is simply a blip. If the Jays hit with RISP yesterday this isnt a conversation