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http://firebrandal.com/2009/03/18/break ... -bard.html

Theo....

Thats a question mark but I hope Kottaras can do well, he seems comfortable at the knuckleball and has a pretty good bat. He a lefty which is good considering that Varitek is reall only affective on the right side

And welome back Dr. K, where were you anyways?

Yes - I was discussing this on another board. At first I was devastated - I had hoped it would be Vtek 3 / Bard 2 games out of every 5. I was anxious to see what Bard could do.

But after reading about Kottaras being out of options - he's a decent backup, and he might really shine. He's caught Zink for years, he's a lefty, and cheaper than bard; the sox save $1.5mil by releasing Bard to go with Kottaras.

I'm not sold on it yet, but...in theo I trust.

no offense, guys, but bard isn't that good.
they have another prospect whose name i can't remember, but he is capable of filling tek's shoes, though not to the fans.

Uhm...Dusty Brown? Kottaras is a bit higher than brown. That's all we got for catchers: http://www.soxprospects.com/

Unless you're expecting the 20-year old Che Hsuan Lin of Korea to break out??

We had Kelly Shoppach, but traded him to the Indians. Another (albeit rare) bad move.

Bard is a great hitter for a catcher. He may not be phenominal defensively, or game-calling, but losing him is still a loss, when Kottaras and Brown are our two top catching prospects and neither are projected to have much upside.

But I personally think Kottaras will shine.

yeah, one of those guys. (not the korean, the first 2)
gotta check my baseball prospectus book, too lazy to get it right now...

We also have Mark Wagner and some other guy(alipilia, or something like that) but they are years away

Interesting move indeed. Of course one thing I know is that Red Sox don't have good Catcher prospects.

But they have some amazing prospects in Josh Reddick, Lars Anderson, Michael Bowden to name a very few, should all have great careers.