Clement improving behind the plate

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Hawaiian Shirt Friday: 04/25/08
Published 4/25/2008 by TD at Rain Delay
... Mariners Catching Prospect Jeff Clement has made strides by leaps and bounds in his defense. No one has really questioned his bat, but his defense behind the plate has/had been called into question. ...

Bavasi Signs Johjima For Three More Years
Published 4/25/2008 by Seth at Enjoy the Enjoyment
... as they consistently show willingness to have bad long term contracts in exchange for some short term rewards." John Hickey of the P-I appears to be mystified: " This is one of the more improbable postings of the year ... not because Johjima is hitting .200 this year, which he is, or because he doesn't have any home runs, which he doesn't. It's improbable because catching is the one area where the Mariners seem fully stocked for the next 3-5 years." Oddly, both the P-I (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/baseball/360219_mfarm23.html) and Tacoma News Tribune (today), had stories this week averring that Jeff Clement is ...

Johjima Extended; What Next?
Published 4/25/2008 by Jay Yencich at Mariners Minors
... a regular all-star if he’s capable of donning the gear on a near daily basis. With two home runs in a brief nine-game stint in the fall, and the kind of personality that appeals to the media, it looked like we would soon have a new player we could anoint as the best catcher in team history. However, some of today’s news has made that vision somewhat blurry, even more difficult to focus on than the usual fantasy teams dealing solely with minor leaguers, and it comes on the heels of a P-I farm report by Churchill in which Clement’s catching abilities were widely praised. ...