What do y'all think the catching situation will look like? I've been wondering this, both short term and long term. It's obvious that Vazquez and Hanigan are the 25 man catchers for next season, but how will playing time be given out? I'm imagining a pretty equal 50/50 split to start the season and then seeing who is excelling slowly picking up more starts unless certain pitchers click with certain catchers.... there's no notable offensive splits for either guy and no starter really has much of a history with either catcher so I imagine pitcher/catcher pairings will be tested in spring training.
Then there's the long term: Swihart. As it looks right now, he'll be coming in and taking over at least Hanigan's spot... but if he's as good as advertised, The Sox will want to get him into as many games as possible.... but then is Vazquez really going to be employed in 1 game per 5? Seems like a waste of talent. But... I can imagine 2016 being close to a 50/50 split between them to see if Swihart is the real deal.
For the long term, (and IF Swihart is, in fact, the so-called real deal) I'm imagining the Sox employing the DH spot post-Ortiz as a revolving position to keep bats in the lineup. With starting 2.5 games per rotation behind the dish and 1.5 games at DH per rotation, and another at 1st once in a while to give future 1B Sandoval an occasion break).
Whew. What say ye smarter posters of SoSH?
Then there's the long term: Swihart. As it looks right now, he'll be coming in and taking over at least Hanigan's spot... but if he's as good as advertised, The Sox will want to get him into as many games as possible.... but then is Vazquez really going to be employed in 1 game per 5? Seems like a waste of talent. But... I can imagine 2016 being close to a 50/50 split between them to see if Swihart is the real deal.
For the long term, (and IF Swihart is, in fact, the so-called real deal) I'm imagining the Sox employing the DH spot post-Ortiz as a revolving position to keep bats in the lineup. With starting 2.5 games per rotation behind the dish and 1.5 games at DH per rotation, and another at 1st once in a while to give future 1B Sandoval an occasion break).
Whew. What say ye smarter posters of SoSH?