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Phillies Trade Jaramillo For Paulino
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Thu, December 11, 2008 02:09 AM
The Phillies traded catcher Jason Jaramillo to the Pirates for catcher Ronny Paulino.
Jaramillo never sniffed the major leagues, and probably never would have with the Phillies. Last year for AAA Lehigh Valley, Jaramillo hit .266 with 8 HR and 39 RBI. Paulino, 27, the Pirates starter in 2006 and ‘07, hit .212 with 2 HR and 18 RBI in just 40 games for the Buccos in 2008. In 2006, Paulino hit .310 in 129 games for Pittsburgh.
Thoughts: This caught me off guard, considering all the Mark DeRosa talk switched to Jaramillo going to San Diego. Now all bets are off. As far as Phillie catching depth, Chris Coste could be on the way out; of course, he could also be shuffled into a right-handed bat bench player, devoid of any catching duties. But any way you slice it, Paulino is clearly the No. 2 guy going into Spring Training.
What about Lou Marson? The hot prospect catcher suddenly moves down the depth chart with Paulino’s arrival. Is Marson more of a trading chip now? Hard to say. I wonder why the Phils added a major league player to a position with so much depth across the board. Certainly there are alterior motives fueling Ruben Amaro Jr.
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December 11th, 2008 at 2:18 am
according to yahoo, phils are close to signing chan go park. Um what? Talk about out of left field.
December 11th, 2008 at 2:21 am
Posted. Yeah, I was out all night. So you get a lull in posts. Sorry, kids.
December 11th, 2008 at 2:44 am
this is the move i cant quite figure out…ruiz is obviously the starter..coste is gone…maybe theyll start marson in AAA? maybe marson is in the process of being traded for a LF/SP NOT related to the peavy trade….interesting…very interesting…
December 11th, 2008 at 2:58 am
I think Paulino is trade bait because I’ve been reading all day or for the last few days teams that are starved for catching trying to get their hands on Paulino, like the Marlins and Tigers before they got Laird, maybe the Phils grabbed him to try to grab Hermida or some other outfielder off a team looking for a catcher and we send them Paulino, I doubt the Phils will let Marson go
December 11th, 2008 at 3:00 am
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December 11th, 2008 at 5:31 am
I don’t understand this trade one bit. Is this supposed to be an upgrade over Coste? I’m a little saddened by what seems to be a lack of confidence in Coste by the fans and management. I hope Charlie realizes how much Chris has contributed the past few years, both offensively and defensively, and find a spot for him on the 25-man roster. I know Ruiz has incredible catching talent, but Chris is no slouch either. I haven’t seen any other catcher throw out Jose Reyes from his knees.
December 11th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Yeah, this just seems like a lateral move. Hopefully a trade is in the works that will make the big picture come together.
December 11th, 2008 at 10:13 am
I think they grabbed him because he has higher trade value than Jaramillo and he may be included in the Peavy deal, or in another deal we know nothing about. I’d be surprised if he’s with us in ST, but who knows?
December 11th, 2008 at 11:25 am
I like the trade.
They trade Jaramillo who might some day be major league catcher for Paulino who is already a major league catcher.
December 11th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Now we have two ML backup catchers on our roster. We are not going to be able to move both of them. They must feel like Marson is a year away. I guess you can’t put your faith in Marson as a full time backup at this point… if Ruiz goes down, you still need to have a ML ready catcher but aren’t guys like Sal Fasano and Chris Coste a dime a dozen? There better be more to this…
Mets traded for JJ Putz… and we’re stuck in the mud trying to help the Cubs get Jake Peavy.
December 11th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Maybe Ruiz is the trade bait, now?
December 11th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Amaro has already come out and said Ruiz is the no.1 back-stop, would make no sense to trade him now and nothing has changed from the likely scenario of Marson being groomed this year to take over from Ruiz who’ll likely stay around as the experienced veteran back-up with excellent defense.
Paulino adds depth and a good RHB and the only person who’s position is seriously affected here is Coste, I’m not sure on Paulino’s options but I’d expect him to see him spending time behing the plate and around the infield in AAA which would instantly improve LV.
December 15th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
[...] swap a AA catcher for a ML catcher. I like this deal because Paulino is, at least, a ML-caliber player right now, while we wait for Marson. And, [...]