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Royals release Olivo, best of the bad options for the Mets?
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 ...
A Complete and Lenghty List of Baseball-Related Things Miguel Olivo is Good At
beyondtheboxscore.com — More photos » by Nam Y Huh - AP Browse more photos » 1. Hitting for power.... (more) A Complete and Lenghty List of Baseball-Related Things ...
Royals Decline Options On Crisp, Olivo, Yabuta
mlbtraderumors.com — The Royals declined their 2010 options on Coco Crisp , Miguel Olivo , and Yasuhiko Yabuta ,... according to a team press release. (more) Royals Decline Options On Crisp, Olivo, Yabuta
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
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