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theropolitans.com - 25 hours ago
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During the physical, the Mets had concerns over
Henry Blanco’s right shoulder. For that, they restructured the...
deal, which now has a base salary of $750,000, according to Ken Davidoff . The deal, with new incentives, could be worth as much as $2,225,000. Davidoff notes that he can ...
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Henry Blanco deal actually worth $750K, plus incentives
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metsmerizedonline.com - 26 hours ago
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Last week, the Mets made their first dabble
into the free agent pool when they signed veteran...
backstop, Henry Blanco , to a one year deal worth roughly $1.45 million. However, as Newsday’s Ken Davidoff reports , there were some red flags that popped up during Blanco’s ...
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Mets Restructure Henry Blanco’s Contract
metsfever.blogspot.com - 26 hours ago
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How ironic is it that the only major
league signing ( not re-signing or MiLB) the Mets...
have made they renegotiated because of concerns over his shoulder. Apparently after seeing the results of his physical the Mets have renegotiated Henry Blanco's contract. Blanco will get less guaranteed ...
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Blanco's contract renegotiated
metstradamus.blogspot.com - 27 hours ago
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It's more than a little unnerving to exit
an airplane to this: " Mets Trade For Burrell...
" Of course, it turned out not to be true ... yet. To think, I wasted perfectly good vomit over nothing. Some have asked me if I could ever accept a member of ...
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Life's Tough, So Man Up
newsday.com - 28 hours ago
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6:12 AM By Ken Davidoff Head home today,
weather permitting. It has been an extremely productive week...
for the Yankees, obviously, and not so much for the Mets. Found out an interesting nugget about the Mets and their negotiations with one of the few ...
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Why Henry Blanco can make $50,000 for winning the NL MVP
metscitiblog.com - 2 days ago
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According to Rotoworld , there is a sense
apparently that the Mets can get a deal done...
with Bengie Molina before they leave the Winter Meetings. Hold onto your applause. I can hardly stay in my seat. I really feel that these over priced bottom dwellers suck off millions ...
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Mets confident they can sign Bengie Molina at Meetings
metsfever.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
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It's believed that the Mets can improve their
pitching staff by improving their catching core, the Mets...
are expected to sign a front line catcher who is an offensive and defensive up-grade over last years' catchers. They've already signed a catcher who is considered one of the best receivers ...
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Ollie factor - Dessens...
mlbtraderumors.com - 3 days ago
metsonline.wordpress.com - 3 days ago
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The Mets think Josh Thole is raw defensively.
Here’s a look at some defensive numbers for Thole,...
along with other catchers the Mets might use instead.
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How Bad is Josh Thole’s Defense? « New York Mets Online
signonsandiego.com - 4 days ago
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Mets acquire Pads’ Blanco for $1.5 mil
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Mets acquire Pads’ Blanco for $1.5 mil
mlb.mlb.com - 4 days ago
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By Corey Brock / MLB.com 12/01/09 11:20 AM
EST SAN DIEGO -- New Padres general manager Jed...
Hoyer said on Monday that the team, as expected, won't offer salary arbitration to free-agent outfielder Brian Giles or catcher Henry Blanco. "We don't have ...
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Friars won't offer arbitration to Giles, Blanco
nybaseballdigest.com - 4 days ago
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The wildest week of the hot stove season
begins tonight as Howard Megdal of SNY and I...
kick off the 2009 Winter Meetings in Indianapolis. We will talk about the Yankees during the first half hour and will be joined by former big leaguer, and Yankees scout, Jalal Leach . We will give the ...
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Kicking Off the Winter Meetings @ 7pm
nybaseballdigest.com - 5 days ago
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Before we fit Bengie Molina for a Mets
uniform there are some catchers that may be available...
via trade. Ryan Doumit – Interesting name because he can play multiple positions. He has manned 1b and RF during his career. Doumit reportedly is available due to his remaining two years and ...
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Trade Market for Catchers & Game Calling
metsmerizedonline.com - 6 days ago
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I have just finished reading a very good
article by our friend Bart Hubbuch of the NY...
Post . While everyone seems to be scratching their heads and wondering what the deal is with the Mets fondness for catchers in recent days, Hubbuch actually does a fantastic job of filling in the blanks ...
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Dan Warthen Blames Mets Catchers For 2009 Pitching Woes
nybaseballdigest.com - 6 days ago
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It isn’t that Henry Blanco is a bad
signing. As Sam Page points out this morning, Blanco,...
for $1.5 million, provides exceptional defense and decent enough offense for a backup catcher, giving the Mets a presence behind the plate they didn’t have last year. But both Blanco and Alex ...
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Why Blanco Scares Mets Fans
nybaseballdigest.com - 6 days ago
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Will catcher Omir (Pito) Santos have a spot
with the 2010 Mets? Or is the club looking...
in another direction? With both Henry Blanco and Chris Coste in the fold, along with Josh Thole moving through the system, the battle for the backup catcher’s spot could be interesting in Port St. Lucie in ...
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Where Does Santos Fit for the 2010 Mets?
metsmerizedonline.com - 6 days ago
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During the infancy of the 2009 free agency
campaign, Mets General Omar Minaya has fired off salvo’s...
to the rest of the National League East about as damaging as a mouse passing wind. The hysteria you are hearing is coming from the rival GM’s in Philly, Miami, Atlanta, and be ...
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It’s Beginning To Look Alot Like Mets-Mess
theropolitans.com - 6 days ago
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According to Ben Shpigel of The New York
Times , Johan Santana was very active in recruiting...
catcher Henry Blanco to the Mets. Blanco and Santana played on the same Minnesota Twins team in 2004. That season, Blanco played in 114 games for the Twins. Blanco caught 24 of Santana’s ...
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Santana behind Blanco signing
amazinavenue.com - 7 days ago
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So, the Mets signed Hank Blank to
a 1-year $1.5 million contract yesterday. The reaction was...
predictable-- déjà vu all over again. And while giving a 38-year-old backup catcher a $1.5MM contract has shades ...
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The Mets Sign Henry Blanco
metstradamus.blogspot.com - 7 days ago
metsmerizedonline.com - 7 days ago
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Henry Blanco C – The Mets made the
Henry Blanco signing official last night, signing the 38-year...
old catcher to a one year deal worth $1.5 million dollars. It’s a significant raise for Blanco who was only paid $750 K last season with the Padres. When San Diego signed Blanco, he ...
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Weighing In On Blanco, Polanco, Saito and Delgado
nybaseballdigest.com - 7 days ago
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While Mets fans complain about Alex Cora (a
move I am indifferent about), Chris Coste (not something...
I care about), and Henry Blanco (a move I like) they may have missed some of the moves the competition made this week. The Braves replaced Mike Gonzalez and Rafael Soriano with Billy Wagner and ...
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Looking at the Competitions Latest Moves
cheddar-cheddar.blogspot.com - 7 days ago
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Things in the Sports World that confuse me
, annoy me and/or make me scratch my head:...
5-Henry Blanco Gets Another Year In The Bigs One of the certainties of baseball, if your a back-up catcher, you get to play for as long as you want, even if you aren't a high-enough caliber player to ...
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The Vent: 12-3 Edition
metsfever.blogspot.com - 7 days ago
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With Henry Blanco on board at a mere
1.5MM for the season, the Mets finally have the...
stand out defensive catcher that they have been missing for years. Struggling pitchers will have a friend in Henry and base runners will have someone to fear with 43 % CS rate. I have no miss-conceived notion ...
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Johan wanted Blanco...
bats.blogs.nytimes.com - 7 days ago
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The Mets sign the former Cub Henry Blanco
to be their back-up catcher....
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Mets Add Depth at Back-Up Catcher
metscitiblog.com - 7 days ago
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According to Matt Cerrone , the Mets have
signed Henry Blanco to a one year contract for...
about $1.5 million. As Cerrone points out, he is getting basically the same salary as the Phillies just gave to Schneider, however he didn't get the second year. I like this signing for two ...
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Mets sign Henry Blanco to one year deal
twitter.com - 7 days ago
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Loader Twitter.com Login Join Twitter! Reports of the
Mets agreeing to a one-year, $1.5M deal with Henry...
Blanco have been confirmed. Official announcement tomorrow or Saturday. about 3 hours ago from web NYPost_Mets Bart Hubbuch Footer 2009 Twitter ...
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Twitter / Bart Hubbuch: Reports of the Mets agreei ...
theropolitans.com - 7 days ago
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The Mets have signed catcher Henry Blanco to
a one-year, $1.5 million deal, according to Francisco Blavia...
of ESPN Deportes (via MetsBlog ). Blanco, the second catcher the Mets signed this off-season, will likely serve as the backup on the major league squad. Chris Coste, the other ...
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Report: Mets sign Blanco to one-year deal
metsblog.com - 7 days ago
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Free-agent C Henry Blanco told Francisco Blavia of
Lider en Deportes he has agreed to a one-year,...
$1.5 million deal with the Mets. thanks to Andres M for the link and translation i like this signing a lot, he is the perfect back-up catcher it s the ...
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News: Mets sign Henry Blanco
twitter.com - 7 days ago
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Loader Twitter.com Login Join Twitter! Henry Blanco confirma
su firma por 1.5 millones de $ con los...
Mets de Nueva York. El lunes pasó sin problemas los exàmanes físicos. about 3 hours ago from UberTwitter FranciscoBlavia FRANCISCO BLAVIA Footer 2009 ...
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Twitter / FRANCISCO BLAVIA: Henry Blanco confirma su f ...
cantstopthebleeding.com - 7 days ago
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Just days after signing Phormer Phillie Chris Coste,
the Mets are said to be mulling a contract...
offer to 12 year veteran C Henry Blanco (above), most recently of the San Diego Padres. It’s a curious move given Jon Heyman’s insistence the Mets are also preparing a two-year pact ...
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Mets Kicking Blanco’s Tires – Because You ...
gaslampball.com - 7 days ago
metsfever.blogspot.com - 7 days ago
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It's being reported that Henry Blanco is traveling
to NY for a physical and it's believed the...
two sides may have already agree to a one year deal. Blanco is one of the best defensive catchers in the league, he throws out 40% of runners for his entire career and has the potential to improve our ...
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With Blanco in the fold Mets still not done...
metsmerizedonline.com - 7 days ago
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According to several reports including Jon Heyman via
Twitter , and the original story from Adam Rubin...
of the Daily News , free agent catcher Henry Blanco could become a member of the New York Mets as soon as today. The Mets appeared to be closing in on a deal with free-agent catcher Henry ...
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Henry Blanco To Be A Met, Is Thole Era Not Far Behind?
metspolice.com - 8 days ago
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With this news, Buzz: Henry Blanco traveling to
NYC for Physical it proves that the Mets have...
learned. People are getting on them for signing aging backup catchers and backup shortstops, but the Mets have learned from 2009. Why waste money on starters? Starting players ...
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Buzz: Henry Blanco traveling to NYC for Physical (Metsblog)
metsblog.com - 8 days ago
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According to the Daily News , El Nacional
is reporting free-agent C Henry Blanco has left the...
Venezuelan Winter League to take a physical in New York City. … from what i can gather, the two sides may have already agreed in principal to a ...
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Buzz: Henry Blanco traveling to NYC for Physical
theropolitans.com - 8 days ago
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Henry Blanco, who played in 67 games with
the San Diego Padres last season, is traveling to...
New York for a physical, according to El Nacional, via Adam Rubin . Blanco, who would be the second catcher the Mets signed this off-season, hit .235 / .320 / .382 in 204 at bats last year with six home ...
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Reports: Henry Blanco in NYC for physical; What I think ...
mlbtraderumors.com - 8 days ago
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THURSDAY, 8:58am: Adam Rubin of the New York
Daily News passes on a report from the Venezuelan...
paper, El Nacional, that says Blanco is on his way to a physical with the Mets. Via Twitter, Jon Heyman of SI.com suggests the Mets will sign Blanco. He ...
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MLBTradeRumors - Mets Close To Deal With Henry Blanco
bases.nbcsports.com - 8 days ago
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The New York Daily News is reporting that
Henry Blanco has left Venezuela and is on his...
way to New York to take a physical as a precursor to signing with the Mets. This a couple of days after signing...
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The Mets are about to sign Henry Blanco
nybaseballdigest.com - 8 days ago
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As NYBD contributor Joe Demayo pointed out on
twitter , it appears the Mets are about to...
bring in Henry Blanco although no deal has been made official. It did get me to thinking that signing Blanco could pave the way for Josh Thole to become the everyday catcher and eliminate for Bengie ...
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Why Blanco Should Pave the Way for Thole
nleastchatter.com - 8 days ago
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( Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images North America)
According to Metsblog : ” the Daily News ,...
El Nacional is reporting free-agent C Henry Blanco has left the Dominican Winter League to take a physical for the Mets.” It appears as though if Blanco passes his physical that ...
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Mets Get Physical With Blanco?
metsblog.com - 8 days ago
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Free-agent C Henry Blanco has left the Dominican
Winter League to take a physical for the Mets,...
according to the Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional. … from what i can gather, the two sides agreed in principal to a one-year deal, it’s ...
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Buzz: Henry Blanco traveling NYC for Physical
nydailynews.com - 8 days ago
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The Mets appeared to be closing in on
a deal with free-agent catcher Henry Blanco . The...
Venezuelan newspaper "El Nacional" reported Blanco had left that country Sunday for a physical with the Mets. Blanco, 38, hit .235 with sixhomers and 16 RBI in 204 ...
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Report: New York Mets close to signing San Diego Padres ...
metsfever.blogspot.com - 9 days ago
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While he wouldn't admit who he was signing
with, veteran catcher Greg Zaun said that he would...
be signed by the end of the week. I don't believe Zaun is seen as a starter and with the Mets reported to be close to a deal for Henry Blanco to be their back-up catcher I think we can be ruled out... ...
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Zaun to sign this week, but with who
theropolitans.com - 9 days ago
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As we’ve seen, the Mets are trying to
scoop up a whole bunch of catchers. They have...
Omir Santos and Josh Thole, and they signed Chris Coste yesterday and added him to the 40-man . They’re also in talks with Henry Blanco . But Kelly Shoppach, coming off a decent 2009, where he hit ...
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Why Kelly Shoppach to Tampa matters to the Mets
mlb.mlb.com - 9 days ago
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By Corey Brock / MLB.com 12/01/09 11:20 AM
EST SAN DIEGO -- New Padres general manager Jed...
Hoyer said on Monday that the team, as expected, won't offer salary arbitration to free-agent outfielder Brian Giles or catcher Henry Blanco. "We don't have ...
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Friars won't offer arbitration to Giles, Blanco
twitter.com - 10 days ago
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Loader Twitter.com Login Join Twitter! As expected, the
#Padres won't offer salary arbitration to FA's Brian Giles...
and Henry Blanco. But doesn't mean they don't want Blanco. about 16 hours ago from web FollowThePadres MLB.com, Padres.com Footer 2009 ...
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Twitter / MLB.com, Padres.com: As expected, the #Padres ...
metscitiblog.com - 10 days ago
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Although Ken Rosenthal at FoxSports is reporting that
the Mets are close to signing Henry Blanco, multiple...
sources are saying that they have signed former Phillie Chris Coste. Coste is 37 years old and is not much. While I do not think they will sign Blanco also, I do think they ...
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Mets supposedly in talks with Henry Blanco, but sign ...
nybaseballdigest.com - 10 days ago
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First picked up by Joe Demayo on Twitter
and confirmed by a North Dakota Newspaper the Mets...
have signed former Phillies catcher Chris Coste and added him to the 40 man roster. Not sure how this impacts the catching situation, but if Henry Blanco is signed than perhaps Coste signals the ...
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Mets Sign Chris Coste
theropolitans.com - 10 days ago
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The Mets and free-agent catcher Henry Blanco have
been talking, according to Ken Rosenthal (via Amazin’ Avenue...
). Rosenthal points out that Blanco would likely serve as a backup as the Mets are targeting Bengie Molina as their catcher for 2010 and beyond. I don’t like this. 1) Blanco, ...
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