Vaz may also have something else going on – injury, etc. He was very competent offensively and defensively for a good chunk of last year and, as noted, the only regular 1-9 who actually had a better offensive year than the previous season.
Blake getting an inning behind the plate last night was almost certainly related to his agent’s trade request. I actually thought at the time that it might’ve been trolling putting him in w Wright as well, but in retrospect it’s more likely that Wright doesn’t have a preferred guy back there since he’s been out for almost 1.5 years.
If nothing else, I think this is exactly the right way to be using Blake – giving him a chance to catch a few innings and show he can actually play back there. Should end up making him a more desirable trade target and have the effect of getting guys on the staff more comfortable with him back there.
I know we like to kill the team for handling this wrong but it still has a chance of working out fine for everyone.
Blake getting an inning behind the plate last night was almost certainly related to his agent’s trade request. I actually thought at the time that it might’ve been trolling putting him in w Wright as well, but in retrospect it’s more likely that Wright doesn’t have a preferred guy back there since he’s been out for almost 1.5 years.
If nothing else, I think this is exactly the right way to be using Blake – giving him a chance to catch a few innings and show he can actually play back there. Should end up making him a more desirable trade target and have the effect of getting guys on the staff more comfortable with him back there.
I know we like to kill the team for handling this wrong but it still has a chance of working out fine for everyone.