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A Complete and Lenghty List of Baseball-Related Things Miguel Olivo is Good At
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Add Olivo to the catching list
metsfever.blogspot.com — The Royals have opted to decline Miguel Olivo's 3M club option, the 31 y/o veteran catcher is... now a free agent. Olivo hit .249 last year with 23 HRs, for a team in need of power he might become a player of interest to the Mets... Olivo is most remembered by Mets fans for his second to last day ... (more) Add Olivo to the catching list
Royals release Olivo, best of the bad options for the Mets?
metscitiblog.com — According to Tim Dierkes at MLBTR , the Royals have released Miguel Olivo and others.  Olivo is... possibly the best of the worst.  He is almost decent from a horrible crop of available catchers.  He hit .249 this past year and struck out 129 times in 390 ABs.  On the plus ... (more) Royals release Olivo, best of the bad options for the Mets?
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Brew Crew Ball — ... Miguel Olivo has been mentioned as a potential option for the Brewers next season. Beyond the Box Score has a comprehensive list of things he does well. ...

Without a Catcher We'll Have a Lot of Passed Balls
Bluebird Banter — ... Mets used their first draft pick on a catcher, 'Without a catcher we'd have a lot of passed balls'. So I figured since it is the biggest shopping day of the US retail year, we'd put up a poll to see who folks thought the Jays should try to purchase. Now some are catchers who, it is thought, their team is looking to trade (Shoppach, Buck, Pena, Doumit and Towles), the rest are free agents. Understand if you pick Miguel Olivo, I'm going to mock you, I love this post from Beyond the Boxscore. Use the comments to campaign for ...

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