Finding the Swagger: Behind the Plate

In this installment of Finding the Swagger, TFRJ takes a look at the battle of backup catcher. Namely, Guillermo Rodriguez vs Eliezer Alfonzo. As you recall, Alfonzo was lost for half the season because of a nasty play-at-the-plate collision against he A's. The Giants called up Grod (after 10+ years in the minors) to backup Molina. He contributed some nice hitting with RISP for a while, but the sample sizes are so ridiculously small it's not worth delving into them.

Given that, I’m guessing that the Giants will give the job to whoever performs the best during spring training. Alfonzo is having a really rough time offensively (1-24, .042)*, so Rodriguez may have a slight edge at this point.




* Spring Training stats don't mean anything, but 1-24 really isn't good.