The Braves released Craig Wilson today. The first baseman was hitting .172 in 58 at bats this season. Wilson, a career .262 hitter, had been platooning (kinda) with Scott Thorman. The move has to be a result of Wilson's lack of hitting, but more directly the debut of the highly touted Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Salty is the catching prospect who the Braves have been excited about for the past couple years. With the quick rise of Brian McCann it has crowed the stock behind home plate.
I'm thinking the switch hitting Salty will get a pretty good amount of PT at 1B. The Braves activated Brayan Pena from the DL today after cutting loose Wilson. The Bravos still have to pay the rest of his $2 million salary this season.
The Braves have three players listed as catchers on the roster now - the combined salary of the trio is $1.43 million (McCann $666,667; Pena $380,000; Salty $380,000). It appears that none of them will be leaving anytime soon - unless the injury bug strikes. I don't recall the last time that the Braves had three catchers on the roster - for any prolonged period of time. If you count Pete Orr as a catcher - which they say he can be if the Bravos were ever in need - then the Braves have 4 backstops.
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