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Just what we need, more minor leaguers.

looks like he has a career as a minor league back up.

It looks like Michael Perez will back up Stallings. Indy looks very weak at catcher this year. This kind of Joe Hudson ho-hum signing looks like it's intended for AAA unless the Pirates get an injury to Stallings or Perez and have to dip down for a replacement. This signing might possibly also be intended to give young AAA pitchers a veteran catcher to work with. Hudson has 10 years of minor league experience.

Why do I feel Rock Hudson would do better?

7C515C4D4A5B4C0C0F3E0 wrote: It looks like Michael Perez will back up Stallings. Indy looks very weak at catcher this year. This kind of Joe Hudson ho-hum signing looks like it's intended for AAA unless the Pirates get an injury to Stallings or Perez and have to dip down for a replacement. This signing might also be intended to give young AAA pitchers a veteran catcher to work with. Hudson has 10 years of minor league experience.


Does this move seem more of a change in development methods in the Pirates system? Not so much for making Hudson a backup MLB pitcher but helping him work with the young pitchers in AAA as you mentioned. I like this move for that reason. Come on BC tell me it's so.

04252D042F27400 wrote: It looks like Michael Perez will back up Stallings. Indy looks very weak at catcher this year. This kind of Joe Hudson ho-hum signing looks like it's intended for AAA unless the Pirates get an injury to Stallings or Perez and have to dip down for a replacement. This signing might also be intended to give young AAA pitchers a veteran catcher to work with. Hudson has 10 years of minor league experience.


Does this move seem more of a change in development methods in the Pirates system?  Not so much for making Hudson a backup MLB pitcher but helping him work with the young pitchers in AAA as you mentioned.  I like this move for that reason.  Come on BC tell me it's so.
I don't know that that is the reason. Just tossing it out there as a possible motive for signing Hudson. It doesn't seem like a signing intended to help the MLB roster and Indy is weak at catcher.

624445524454270 wrote: looks like he has a career as a minor league back up.


Then he will fit in very well with the bucs !

7C676A6B626E610F0 wrote: Just what we need, more minor leaguers.
Someone still has to catch the ball when one of our many new pitchers throw in in the general direction of home plate

I doubt that would have announced this separately without the major league invite, and that was probably only given because they need lots of catchers early in camp.