All of which ignores the real possibility he gets injured, and/or washes out of the league, or never manages to hold onto a starting job. Again...how many players in the history of the game have a 10 year career with consistently escalating salaries? A very small percentage.
I think Kepler jumps at that. It's $100M. Truly "set for life." Few players earn that kind of money in their MLB career. Very few. And that includes players who started their career rated higher than Kepler, and who started their MLB career with better production. There's a very small chance Kepler earns more than $100M in his career, IMO.
Then who is it about? You can't ask "does Eddie Rosario get treated differently due to racism" and then say, "but not by you, Craig. Not you, Chief. Not me, either."
I guess I feel about catcher like I feel about all spots on the Twins roster...it'd be great if they developed their own above average players. Ones you can win a pennant with. But when they don't (and they won't, nobody does), catcher shouldn't be ignored, just because the in-house options aren't good. Go get what you need somehow. Wherever the need.
I think signing Castro and stabilizing the C position was one of Falvine's finest moves. Not a superstar, but we're OK at catcher, and that's important.
I will be, if it continues. So far, you can chalk it up to strong starts the first series coupled with days off. Moya and Kinley clearly are the bottom of the barrel in Molly's eyes, though. That much is clear, if anyone had any doubts.
As Mike noted in the game thread, if I were a Mariner fan I’d be questioning letting my LH starter give up a game tying 2 run HR to Sano. Particularly since he was then immediately removed.