Continuing the trend of least-surprising news, Mark Berman talked to Chris Snyder's agent, who said that the Astros would rather pay him $500K to not play for them than to pay him $4m to wear a new Astros uniform.
Luhnow says Carlos Corporan will earn a shot at the C2 position.Which is fine. Corporan isn't yet arbitration-eligible, so he gets league-minimum, and in nine September appearances (seven starts), he hit .259/.286/.407. Is 29 PAs enough to make a judgment? Of course not, but the Astros won't be paying Chris Snyder $4m to do a worse job.
This doesn't mean that Snyder is out of the picture. Luhnow went on to say that he was interested in bringing Snyder back (or another catcher on a non-guaranteed deal) to compete for the backup job.
Whomever it is will be a short-term option. The Astros already have Chris Wallace (.724 OPS between OKC and Corpus), Jair Fernandez (.761 OPS at Corpus), and Ben Heath (.770 OPS at Lancaster) at High-A or above. Somebody has to pan out, right?
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
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Showing posts with label Chris Snyder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chris Snyder. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Free Agency (non) News
In the least surprising news of the off-season, the Astros won't be huge players in the free agent market, which opens Friday.
Luhnow:
"...By and large … I feel pretty good that even if we don’t go out and sign free agents, we have a team that’s going to be better next year.”
Noted in the linked article is that the only real decision the Astros have to make (which isn't much of a decision) is whether or not to buy out Chris Snyder.
There's a mutual option for $4m for 2013, but the Astros can buy him out for $500,000. Snyder, who "hit" .176/.295/.308 in 76 games for the Astros in 2012 for an OPS+ of 65. Only the Padres' Nick Hundley had a worse batting average among catchers with at least 200 PAs. And $4m isn't a good number for a player with -0.2 WAR. Obviously.
Luhnow:
"...By and large … I feel pretty good that even if we don’t go out and sign free agents, we have a team that’s going to be better next year.”
Noted in the linked article is that the only real decision the Astros have to make (which isn't much of a decision) is whether or not to buy out Chris Snyder.
There's a mutual option for $4m for 2013, but the Astros can buy him out for $500,000. Snyder, who "hit" .176/.295/.308 in 76 games for the Astros in 2012 for an OPS+ of 65. Only the Padres' Nick Hundley had a worse batting average among catchers with at least 200 PAs. And $4m isn't a good number for a player with -0.2 WAR. Obviously.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Chris Snyder is Lucas Harrell's catcher
So it doesn't look as though Lucas Harrell's job is in jeopardy, as Brad Mills named Chris Snyder as his personal catcher.
Mills:
"We have two very good catchers, and people have to understand that. Our pitching staff understands that. They are two guys that work really hard and look at video and scouting reports and match things up real well. It's not an instance where one guy is way over another guy."
With Snyder, Harrell has allowed a .264/.289/.431 line, with 8K:3BB. With Castro, that's a .276/.371/.466 line, with 7K:10BB.
Snyder is having a brutal year offensively, though. After 13 games (48PAs), Snyder is hitting .143/.250/.214, and has one extra-base hit. Castro is hitting .242/.299/.306 with two extra-base hits. But the crazy thing is Castro's .605 OPS would be the best OPS by an Astros catcher since Pudge had a .662 OPS in 93 games in 2009.
Mills:
"We have two very good catchers, and people have to understand that. Our pitching staff understands that. They are two guys that work really hard and look at video and scouting reports and match things up real well. It's not an instance where one guy is way over another guy."
With Snyder, Harrell has allowed a .264/.289/.431 line, with 8K:3BB. With Castro, that's a .276/.371/.466 line, with 7K:10BB.
Snyder is having a brutal year offensively, though. After 13 games (48PAs), Snyder is hitting .143/.250/.214, and has one extra-base hit. Castro is hitting .242/.299/.306 with two extra-base hits. But the crazy thing is Castro's .605 OPS would be the best OPS by an Astros catcher since Pudge had a .662 OPS in 93 games in 2009.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Might the Rays be interested in Chris Snyder?
The Tampa Bay Times' Marc Topkin took a look at the Rays' catching situation, and didn't exactly like what he saw. Rays catchers are currently hitting .250/.339/.346. So how about acquiring better catcher? Chris Snyder is listed as a "lower-tier" possibility...
Monday, January 30, 2012
Contract Details
Brian McTaggart has the contract details for Jack Cust and Chris Snyder. Give it a look.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Snyder's deal: Low-risk, high-reward
Jerry Crasnick posted the details of Chris Snyder's deal last night, and it's quite favorable:
2012: $750,000 (only $350,000 guaranteed), bonuses for plate appearances and days on the roster.
2013: $4m - or a $500,000 buyout.
2012: $750,000 (only $350,000 guaranteed), bonuses for plate appearances and days on the roster.
2013: $4m - or a $500,000 buyout.
Friday, January 20, 2012
You can never have enough catchers
The Astros have apparently signed catcher Chris Snyder to a 1-year deal with a club option for 2013.
Snyder, a 30-year old out of Spring Woods HS and UofH, is coming off a three-year/$13.5m deal, playing with the Diamondbacks and Pirates.
In 2011, he only played in 34 games, hitting .271/.376/.396, having missed most of 2011 following surgery for a herniated disc.
Overall, he's a fine defensive catcher - posting a .998 Fld% as a catcher - the highest in baseball history for catchers.
In seven seasons with Arizona (2004-10), Snyder posted a .233/.335/.402 line, with his high-water mark coming in 2007, when he hit .237/.348/.452, with 39 extra-base hits, but has posted OPS' of .685, .696, and .772.
Perhaps you remember Chris Snyder from this piece of horrific news, where he and his wife were attacked during a traffic dispute, but Snyder couldn't move following back surgery.
Bottom-line, either Quintero is SOL, or Castro's injury is setting him further back than previously expected.
Snyder, a 30-year old out of Spring Woods HS and UofH, is coming off a three-year/$13.5m deal, playing with the Diamondbacks and Pirates.
In 2011, he only played in 34 games, hitting .271/.376/.396, having missed most of 2011 following surgery for a herniated disc.
Overall, he's a fine defensive catcher - posting a .998 Fld% as a catcher - the highest in baseball history for catchers.
In seven seasons with Arizona (2004-10), Snyder posted a .233/.335/.402 line, with his high-water mark coming in 2007, when he hit .237/.348/.452, with 39 extra-base hits, but has posted OPS' of .685, .696, and .772.
Perhaps you remember Chris Snyder from this piece of horrific news, where he and his wife were attacked during a traffic dispute, but Snyder couldn't move following back surgery.
Bottom-line, either Quintero is SOL, or Castro's injury is setting him further back than previously expected.
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