2K19: Willians Astudillo

[Ken]

Nope...he's 3 string t catcher an cn't really play qnother position. I'll pass....

You keep calling him their 3rd string catcher.

From the time he was called up in August last year to the end of the season he played 22 games. During that time Garver played 17. Why are you expecting Garver to suddenly be ahead of him on their depth chart when it was the opposite last year?

[Gregg]

You keep calling him their 3rd string catcher.

From the time he was called up in August last year to the end of the season he played 22 games. During that time Garver played 17. Why are you expecting Garver to suddenly be ahead of him on their depth chart when it was the opposite last year?

To be fair Garver was out with a concussion.

Garver had 302 abs in 2018. CBS has him slated as the first string catcher.

If Astudillio makes the roster coming out of spring training I would not mind him being my 2nd catcher based on what I have seen here. A lot will depend on preseason hype.

[Hornsby]

You keep calling him their 3rd string catcher.

From the time he was called up in August last year to the end of the season he played 22 games. During that time Garver played 17. Why are you expecting Garver to suddenly be ahead of him on their depth chart when it was the opposite last year?

As Gregg noted, Garver and Castro were both hurt last year, which was the main reason that Astudillo was called up to the majors for the 1st time at the age of 26.

Yes, he does play other positions, most of them badly. He's got more accomplished players in front of his at every position...They love Castro, and they think that Garver can hit...so unless one of them get's hurt, it looks like very little playing time for Astudillo.

I suspect that he doesn't make the final 25 man roster, which is why I'm going to let others chase him.

[Art Vandelay]

Right now MLB's depth chart has Astudillo starting at 3B. He's a versatile guy but I'm not sure he beats out Sano. Of course, Sano could easily be suspended or banished to the minors. There's a lot of moving parts in Minnesota right now.

roster resource has astudillo projected to begin 2019 in the minors

[Ken]

roster resource has astudillo projected to begin 2019 in the minors

They had him on the mlb roster last week. Too early to mean much at this point. Heck we don't even know anything about what Baldelli thinks of his team so it's all speculation.

[fuhrdog]

Is he still projected to start in the minors?

[Hornsby]

Is he still projected to start in the minors?

Aaron Gleeman posted this a couple of days ago...he's pretty well wired in.

[cavebird]

They should make him the 25th man on the roster just to get crowds to show up. I'd pay to watch him play.

[Gregg]

So how much are you willing to pay to have him on your fantasy roster?

2 catchers or 1 catcher leagues.

[cavebird]

I don't have any two catcher leagues this year, so nothing. A shame. He's lots of fun.

[revo]

5-for-6 to start the year, and a stunning 38 for 99 in his career.

[Ken]

5-for-6 to start the year, and a stunning 38 for 99 in his career.

I practiced what I preached in this thread. I bought him in half of my leagues. So far so good but it's a long season.

[DMT]

He's available and Jansen has royally sucked. Is he full-time?

[Gregg]

I practiced what I preached in this thread. I bought him in half of my leagues. So far so good but it's a long season.

Two catcher only league I had to bow out at $7. I had allowed $5 and went the extra dollar. Just could not go $8.

[Ken]

He's available and Jansen has royally sucked. Is he full-time?

Too early to give up on Jansen.

Astudillo is not full time, but then what catchers outside of Sanchez and Realmuto are?