![]() ![]() ![]() I suspect much of that has to do with how much the Diamondbacks forked over to get him. I know there are quite a few Arizona fans who are fed up with Carson Kelly. James: Well, given that I had Kelly down for ~100 starts behind the plate, I’d say it’s a pretty big deal. Overall, it lowers the floor of the team’s potential, but not demonstrably so in my opinion. I think he benefits from the fact that the spotlight will shine very hard on others (Carroll especially) while he can continue to grow. That being said, a lot of this year was still going to be a test to see if Moreno was ready - physically, emotionally, psychologically - to take over in the next year or two. While I would count myself as a skeptic of Carson Kelly’s, he was still a solid defensive catcher who started to turn it around at the plate towards the end of the year. Doesn’t seem like the worst thing in the world, though of course we’ll see what we’ve got in him pretty darn quick now, for good or ill.īen: If I had to put a number on it between 1-10 (where 1 is completely brushed off and 10 is full-on alarm klaxons), I’ll give it a 5.5. As with the youth movement many of us were advocating last year, it seems like this just speeds things along–clears a veteran placeholder out of the way so we can see what Moreno can do when the position is his every day. So his injury forces the issue for Moreno, who is currently supposed to be the catcher of the future for us. Seems like there was lots of talk last year (some of which I myself may have engaged in, with enthusiasm and gusto) about how Carson Kelly really didn’t have a long-term future as a starting catcher, at least not for us. It just sucks that the thought process was proven right before a single game was played.ĭano: It’s not great–we need a viable backup catcher, after all–but I honestly don’t see it being the end of the world or anything. ![]() This is why you make that trade, if you’re Hazen. Well, we’re back to the same situation again, now with a rookie (essentially) catcher and now no Dalton Varsho. It was Kelly and then a bunch of NRI’s essentially. We traded one of the best players in the organization for Moreno for a reason, namely, there were no good catching options in the system. ISH95: Well it definitely isn’t good news, that’s for sure. Also, we’re asking Moreno to do more than he ever has now, so we can only hope his mind and body are strong enough to handle that. Certainly a far better option than any of Herrera/Sanchez/Higgins that will be backing Moreno up now. For all the ‘Pit likes to complain about him, he’s a good catcher. How much does the loss of Carson Kelly hurt? ![]()
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