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Originally Posted by O.city
True, but I think you've got to keep Koz for defensive purposes, and surprisingly, he's hit the ball well this year.
I thought he used the bullet of Adams a bit early, when Wong would have worked Better.
I don't particularly care for Cruz, but he's the backup catcher and they seem to like him behind the Plate.
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You really don't need Kozma for defensive purposes, especially not if it's Anna you add to the roster.
Now if it's Kelly, you're going to be a little short on defense at SS, but Kelly can play it credibly. Ultimately it just doesn't matter that much. Peralta isn't going to get subbed out for defensive purposes and if he gets hurt, Anna's probably a better 15-day option at SS than Kozma anyway.
Kozma isn't needed on this roster at all. Moreover, no, Kozma has not hit the ball well this year. His OPS on the season is below .500. I feel like this is one of those things where people say "y'know, Cruz has always done a decent job of filling in when Molina is injured" without actually looking and realizing that he been abysmal during periods of injury for Yadi.
Kozma has sucked at the plate as badly this year as he ever has. Hell, he's probably been worse. With an ISO of
zero and an OBP of less than .300, nothing about his offense has been surprising. It's been exactly the crap I would expect from a crap hitter.
And just ignoring the fact that Cruz sucks because "well, he's the backup catcher" is falling victim to Nichols Law of Catcher's defense. A catcher's defensive reputation is inversely proportionate to their offensive contributions. People assume that Cruz is a credible defensive catcher because his offense sucks so bad, but do you ever actually watch Tony Cruz play defense? Because I do and he's absolutely miserable. Next time he's catching - watch him. He doesn't present an early target and he can usually be counted on to be moving his glove as the pitcher is delivering (yeah, that's gonna help, Tony). He doesn't play up in his crouch but rather rocks back so that his ass rests on his heels and it makes him slower pop to pop on his throws down. Oh yeah, and his throws suck. And watching him pout like a petulant schoolgirl when Martinez was missing his spots (his body language was worse than Carlos's) while absolutely refusing to get up from behind the plate and go
talk to the ****ing rattled 23 yr old on the mound was the worst display of a catcher taking command of a staff that I've ever seen.
Tony Cruz is piece of shit. He's terrible at absolutely everything baseball related. He's a bad hitter, bad receiver, bad thrower and shit leader. He's possibly the worst baseball player I've ever seen. If you can watch him critically and objectively point out one single thing he does
well, I will tip my cap to you.
The team would be better with Pete Kozma as the backup catcher. Tony Cruz just started catching 4 years ago and it's very very obvious back there. He has no feel for the position and his technique is dogshit. He definitely a converted IFer playing C so why not cut his ass and put someone back there that can play SS instead? This is a terrible, terrible, TERRIBLE, idea but it's still a better idea than leaving Tony ****ing Cruz on a major league roster.