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Spotted this guy in the new edition of the BaseballAmerica Almanac.
You have to like a switch hitting catcher who can actually hit.
http://minors.baseball-reference.com/pl ... ?pid=32455
Here's what a guy at Mets Inside Pitch (pay to read service) said about him:He's got good pop for his size, better from the left, very sound tools behind the plate but nothing that really stands out.
Good plate coverage allows him to put a lot of balls in play. He does not strikeout much, but is not very patient either--doesn't work deep into counts.
This was not in the piece, but warrants being mentioned:
Even though he missed almost all of his first season, don't look at his time in Brooklyn this summer merely as a "demotion" or a dig at his value. It was more important that Abruzzo get consistent time behind the plate and Brooklyn was the only place that really afforded that.
He was in the long-season leagues for the first half of the year and showed he can hit there by posting .300 average in 70-odd games. He shared time at St. Lucie early, but more so DH'ed in Savannah because of the need to get Pena behind the plate every day and Thole's ascension took playing time away from him in St. Lucie later on.
Now he'll likely run into similar issues again in 2009 with Pena likely going to St. Lucie and Thole to Bingo, but there is a fairly good chance he goes to Bingo right out of camp. But the onus is on him to make the most out of his playing time.
If you want me to tag him, he's just outside the Top 50."
Later
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