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Saturday, July 19, 2008

Blue Jays Had 4 Catchers Last Year

According to a story dated June 12th, 2007--The Toronto Blue Jays carried four catchers for a period of time on their active roster last season. One of whom--Jason Phillips--believed this was the first time in his memory a Major League Team had done so. At this link

So, Our Washington Nationals did not set a new record yesterday by carrying Jesus Flores, Wil Nieves, Paul LoDuca and Johnny Estrada on their 25 Man Active Roster.

I just can't imagine this oddity also not happening at some point in Big League History beforehand.

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Unknown1:07 PM
The difference is-the Blue Jays are an AL team and could start 2 every night between C and DH (and theoretically 3, since two of the catchers could play 1B). The Nats can start 2 per night at the most, since 3 of the 4 can't play any other positions.
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paul8:48 PM
Did the Blue Jays carry two catchers, like LoDuca and Estrada, who make their teammates worse? And whose skills are fading? And who don't really know their pitchers?

Just wondering.
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