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I'm new here. Big baseball fan. Feel like I've got a Houston connection from following Rice University for so many years. Nice to meet you all.

Got to thinking about catching solutions for the Astros this year. Ed Wade has said he is looking for a short-term solution, meaning a two-year contract at most, with prospect Jason Castro in the wings. I read a rumor about the team making a run at Ramon Hernandez, but today read that the Orioles are considering trading him to the Reds for Ryan Freel.

Was curious to see what the interest is in Josh Bard -- released by the Padres earlier this offseason -- and figured who better to ask than an Astros nation who no doubt has the peak catching radar dialed this winter.

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Not sure how much advantage he has over Towles.

2008
Bard:
OPS .549 CS% 14.5% StolenBases/Game 1.34 PB+WP/G .291

Towles:
OPS .503 CS% 27.8% StolenBases/Game 0.4 PB+WP/G .242

Both catchers had terrible offensive numbers last year, but Towles was clearly better defensively. Based on Bard’s line drive percent and BABIP, I have a hunch he may rebound offensively. But Bard’s defense is weak.

Unless he is really cheap, I don’t see a reason to sign Bard.

by clack on Dec 9, 2008 5:17 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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