Marlin Maniac » Blue Jays http://marlinmaniac.com A Miami Marlins Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Mon, 20 May 2013 20:00:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 John Buck: What to Expect? http://marlinmaniac.com/2012/02/13/john-buck-what-to-expect/ http://marlinmaniac.com/2012/02/13/john-buck-what-to-expect/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:35:05 +0000 Will Stanifer http://marlinmaniac.com/?p=6205 John Buck is entering his second season in Miami as the Miami Marlins starting catcher. Signed to a 3 year, 18 million dollar contract, reactions of the deal varied between fish fans when the catcher was signed. Certainly he deserved a raise in pay coming off a stellar year in Toronto where he hit .281 while [...]

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]]> John Buck is entering his second season in Miami as the Miami Marlins starting catcher. Signed to a 3 year, 18 million dollar contract, reactions of the deal varied between fish fans when the catcher was signed. Certainly he deserved a raise in pay coming off a stellar year in Toronto where he hit .281 while knocking 20 HRs and 66 RBI’s. Buck was also named an AL All Star the same year and made national headlines by hitting 3 home runs in one single game. At the time, our only catching options were Ronny Paulino and John Baker. Paulino was serving a suspension for PED’s while John Baker was undergoing serious surgery. Number 1 draft pick and former Top 5 team prospect Kyle Skipworth continued to struggle, therefore opening the discussion for a catching upgrade. So maybe you could say Buck got a little more money than what his career line deserves, but at the time the Marlins were close to desperate. Still, the front office was happy because Buck is an above-average option behind the plate with good power.

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