With Seattle much of that is who Seattle has pitching in those games. If Iwakuma, the good Tijuan Walker and the King Felix who faced us (as he seems to have struggled against everyone else lately) then they have a shot against the Astros.
Banister said something very close to the exact opposite of that in Spring Training I believe. We discussed on here how refreshing that was. I guess we will have to be less refreshed.
It was regarding Yu not having to have a personal catcher. Banister said he was opposed to that kind of a thing and some of us remarked how glad we were and that after Wash wouldn't let Chirinos catch Yu last year it was refreshing to hear Banister say that.
Yea, me too. Didn't think he would do this well against AAA pitching to begin with. If he keeps this up, it will be interesting to see what they do in ST.
That decision might have to be made well in advance of ST like the decision to bring Elvis up when they did. Kind of like they did with Kinsler before Profar was supposed to take over at 2B. If nothing else they would definitely have to clear Choo out via trade and then have an alternative ready to play LF and then say it is a competition between Mazara and whoever else.
I wonder how fast Brinson will continue to advance since he hit the ground running when he got to Frisco. Delino might not be able to afford to have the kind of sophmore slump like Odor had at the beginning of the year.
I think I would understand it for a guy like Hamels coming to a new league if there was a vast amount of experience level difference between the two catchers. Then I could see him wanting the guy with more experience in the league. Our catching situation could change a lot between now and the end of the year and then again by the beginning of next year. It might not be wise to get too used to having to have a certain guy behind the plate.
