M's sign Mitch Garver to minor league deal.

[Seattle or Bust]

Fine with me.

Minor league money is much better than people throwing around $2-3M a year for him. Insanity.

[Pharmabro]

Fk. Yes

[bpj]

Fine with me.

Minor league money is much better than people throwing around $2-3M a year for him. Insanity.

Hopefully he doesnt make the roster then, sounds like he gets 2.25M if he does.

Which, hopefully isnt enough that they feel the need to use him much, but probably is.

[Donn Beach]

Fine with me.

Minor league money is much better than people throwing around $2-3M a year for him. Insanity.

Hopefully he doesnt make the roster then, sounds like he gets 2.25M if he does.

Which, hopefully isnt enough that they feel the need to use him much, but probably is.

You'd rather Knizner makes the roster? Knizner has a career ops+ of 67, Garver's career ops+ is 112. Honestly, when it came to backup catchers this off season, Garver didn't seem that bad. But i don't know if anyone was looking for one other than the mariners.

Oh, there's also Jhonny Pereda. I hadn't seen that deal. Geez, the guy strikes out ohtani, slashes .345/.387/.483 and gets cut.

[bpj]

Fine with me.

Minor league money is much better than people throwing around $2-3M a year for him. Insanity.

Hopefully he doesnt make the roster then, sounds like he gets 2.25M if he does.

Which, hopefully isnt enough that they feel the need to use him much, but probably is.

You'd rather Knizner makes the roster? Knizner has a career ops+ of 67, Garver's career ops+ is 112. Honestly, when it came to backup catchers this off season, Garver didn't seem that bad. But i don't know if anyone was looking for one other than the mariners.

Oh, there's also Jhonny Pereda. I hadn't seen that deal. Geez, the guy strikes out ohtani, slashes .345/.387/.483 and gets cut.

I think I would, yes.

Dan Wilson will play the aging vet who used to produce more than the guy who's never done anything, imo. Especially if he's owed millions. They'll want to see some playing time for their money.

If Knizer on the roster means 10 fewer games where we see the backup catcher, we'll be better off.

[Donn Beach]

Hopefully he doesnt make the roster then, sounds like he gets 2.25M if he does.

Which, hopefully isnt enough that they feel the need to use him much, but probably is.

You'd rather Knizner makes the roster? Knizner has a career ops+ of 67, Garver's career ops+ is 112. Honestly, when it came to backup catchers this off season, Garver didn't seem that bad. But i don't know if anyone was looking for one other than the mariners.

Oh, there's also Jhonny Pereda. I hadn't seen that deal. Geez, the guy strikes out ohtani, slashes .345/.387/.483 and gets cut.

I think I would, yes.

Dan Wilson will play the aging vet who used to produce more than the guy who's never done anything, imo. Especially if he's owed millions. They'll want to see some playing time for their money.

If Knizer on the roster means 10 fewer games where we see the backup catcher, we'll be better off.

Garver would make $2 mil as opposed to Knizer making $1 mil. So we want Knizner on the roster not because he would be the better option but because Wilson would possibly be less inclined to use him. Personally I would prefer the best possible bat. I don't think Wilson will make decisions like that based on how he feels about either garvers or Knizers bat. It's going to be Cals workload

[D-train]

How did one guy get a major league deal and the other only get a minor league deal?

[DavidGee24]

Okay with this signing, it's cheap and the guy who's currently the backup has .150/.200/.250 written all over him.

[GL_Storm]

I like Garver as a backup catcher. He's a better option than the alternatives if Cal gets hurt. But even assuming Cal stays healthy, you don't want to wear him out.

[Sibelius Hindemith]

Yeah hes brtter than someone like Telly Savalas or Blooper Hummel.