[lex24]

Not too many catchers left. I think two-time all-star Gary Sanchez is about it, and he's batted under .200 collectively over the past three years. Might as well have Joey Bart (.645), Patrick Bailey (MILB Gold Glove, but a high-A OPS of .779), but Blake Sobel is interesting: .875 OPS in the minors with 34 home runs in 900 ABs.

Sanchez is a lousy defensive catcher.

Sabol is a utility player that can catch.  He’s not a catcher per se.  As a backup catcher, job 1 is defense and handling pitchers. Bat is secondary.  If he sticks it’s as a utility player that can be 3d catcher. 

As a Rule 5 guy he has to be significantly better than 12-13 to make team out of ST. And then he has to stay with Giants all year.  Long odds.

[lex24]

Not too many catchers left. I think two-time all-star Gary Sanchez is about it, and he's batted under .200 collectively over the past three years. Might as well have Joey Bart (.645), Patrick Bailey (MILB Gold Glove, but a high-A OPS of .779), but Blake Sobel is interesting: .875 OPS in the minors with 34 home runs in 900 ABs.

Sanchez is a lousy defensive catcher.

Sabol is a utility player that can catch.  He’s not a catcher per se.  As a backup catcher, job 1 is defense and handling pitchers. Bat is secondary.  If he sticks it’s as a utility player that can be 3d catcher. 

As a Rule 5 guy he has to be significantly better than 12-13 to make team out of ST. And then he has to stay with Giants all year.  Long odds.