作者blackbone (黑骨头)
看板Brewers
标题[消息] GM says Kottaras claim is about depth
时间Thu Nov 19 08:45:04 2009
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The Brewers added catching depth on Wednesday by claiming onetime Padres
prospect
George Kottaras off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.
Kottaras, 26 and a left-handed hitter, reportedly asked out of Boston after
it became clear that Victor Martinez and Jason Varitek would be back in 2010.
Kottaras appeared in 45 games with the Red Sox last season and batted .237
with one home run and 10 RBIs.
He is out of Minor League options, and joins catchers Mike Rivera and Angel
Salome on Milwaukee's 40-man roster. The Brewers also plan to give a long
Spring Training look to prospect Jonathan Lucroy, whom general manager Doug
Melvin mentioned this month as a candidate to jump from Double-A to the
Majors in 2010.
Rivera, Salome and Lucroy are all right-handed hitters.
"If we can get better, then we'll try to get better," Melvin said. "We have
to have depth. We have Salome and Lucroy, we have Kottaras and we still have
Rivera, but we don't have a front-line guy."
That guy in the past two seasons was Jason Kendall, but Kendall cost $5
million in 2009 and Melvin made it clear to agent Arn Tellem that the Brewers
didn't intend to spend that much behind the plate next year.
Rivera is arbitration-eligible for the first time this winter, but Melvin
wouldn't say what the Brewers plans are for him next season. The team has
until Dec. 12 to decide whether to tender Rivera a 2010 contract.
Asked for his thoughts about the team's catching situation in general, Melvin
said, "It's too early to say what we'll do. We haven't gotten to the Winter
Meetings. Free agency hasn't even started yet so we can't really talk to
anyone."
Teams own exclusive negotiating rights with their own free agents for the 15
days following the World Series. They are free to negotiate with all free
agents beginning at 12:01 a.m. ET on Friday.
As recently as three years ago, Kottaras was rated the second-best prospect
in San Diego's organization by Baseball America. He was traded from San Diego
to Boston late that year to complete the trade that sent pitcher David Wells
to the Padres.
In seven Minor League seasons, Kottaras is a .269 hitter with 66 home runs
and 289 RBIs. His best year was 2007, when he batted .243 for Boston's
Triple-A affiliate with a career-best 22 home runs and 65 RBIs in 107 games
附上George Kottaras生涯小联盟成绩
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=kottar001geo
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