Mr. Misty May Replaces Mr. Mia Hamm
Yesterday, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced the signing of catcher Matt Treanor to a one year deal worth $850,000 with an option year for 2013 and a $150,000 buyout. Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times added that the option year would clock in at $950,000.
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Treanor is a career backup, which is probably the role he’ll be expected to hold with the Dodgers in 2012. His .225/.315/.307/.622 career line (.282 wOBA) is unfortunately representative of his talent level and it’s what fans should expect from him going forward. I have his offensive numbers at .225/.320/.300/.620 with a .280 wOBA.
Given 200 PA, he projects to be worth -8.5 batting, -1 baserunning, -4 defense, 6.5 replacement, and 4 position. Not good.
Nobody should be happy about this deal but the damaged is minimal because it’s a backup catcher and it’s only a million dollars.
Would probably prefer to see Tim Federowicz over Matt Treanor, as it would be hard for him to total in the negative WAR range and he only makes the league minimum.
But with Federowicz, there wouldn’t be WILY VETERANS WHO KNOW THE GAME warming the bench!!
Surely not a reality Ned “I can find room on the 40 man roster for another vet” Colletti would find acceptable.
Unclear as to why he would trade Trayvon Robinson if Tim Federowicz is not ready to be a backup at 24.
Because he’s Ned Colletti. You want logic? Go somewhere else. ;)
He’ll probably say it’s so he can get playing time for when he becomes a superstar.
Good to see that Ned’s been hard at work utilizing his newly acquired sabermetric skills. At least I can continue to call Matt Kemp “The Offense” in 2012, cuz I know nobody was tired of that joke.
That dude he hired probably cries in the office.
From a chat at Fangraphs today:
[Comment From RudyRudy: ]
How accurate is WAR for catchers? +-1? +-2? …
Wednesday November 16, 2011 12:41 Rudy
12:42
Dave Cameron:
Obviously, measuring catcher defense is still a work in progress. Right now, we’re probably off by +1 to +2 wins on guys like Yadier Molina. Most catchers don’t have that kind of impact, but with better tools and data, I think we’ll eventually look back and realize that there are extreme guys who are +1 to +2 WAR better or worse than currently being stated.
So it’s possible Treanor is a bit above replacement level
That number I put for defense is FG Throwing/BP Framing/THT Blocking.
Cool, you are ahead of the curve
Though
Mike Fast’s recent catcher defense study doesn’t like him http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=15093
Yes, I know.
I’m just “talking” out loud
I’m also an idiot….I meant thinking out loud
Uh, I factored all that in.
ok then
DUN BE MAD BRAH
I’m mad like Trent Oeltjen on a bad surf day