After the New York Mets selected catcher Hobie Landrith with their first pick in the National League expansion draft, Manager Casey Stengel was asked why they made that choice. 'You have to have a catcher because if you don't, you're likely to have a lot of passed balls,' he said.
After the New York Mets selected catcher Hobie Landrith with their first pick in the National League expansion draft, Manager Casey Stengel was asked why they made that choice. “You have to have a catcher because if you don’t, you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls,” he said.The Washington Nationals took that advice to heart.
That pick turned out to be catcher Caleb Lomavita, out of the University of California, Berkeley — the top catcher in this year’s draft, according to Baseball America. Lomavita, 21, was a Dick Howser Trophy semifinalist for the best college player this year. He batted .322 with 13 doubles, 15 home runs, 52 RBI, 51 runs scored and 12 stolen bases.This is a player who, for all intents and purposes, didn’t exist for the Nationals 24 hours before the draft.
Rizzo didn’t rob the Royals blind. They are in the American League wild-card race and they need bullpen help. But they paid a robbery price. This would have been a lot sexier choice if he had been named after Hall of Famer Tom Seaver. But he toldthat “I think I was supposed to be a girl, and they had something picked out. And then I wasn’t, so they had to pivot.Got to like that attitude. Still, it’s a great baseball name.
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