Around the Horn: June5, 2012

(1) King Felix to have his start Wednesday skipped because of a wonky back.

(2) Johan Santana start pushed back two days. Chris Young to start for Mets Tuesday.

(3) Dustin Pedrioa (thumb) will avoid the DL.

(4) Jemile Weeks doing nothing at the dish – nothing.

(5) Alex Presley recalled by Pirates.

(6) Willin Rosario thinks he’s Adam Dunn.

(7) Mike Trout has been utterly dynamic.

 

By Ray Flowers

The Fantasy Beat: Bizzaro World of Catchers

'Ruiz in bullpen' photo (c) 2008, keithreifsnyder - license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Justin Fensterman and Trevor Ray take a look at the catcher position so far this year. They take a look at those who have far exceeded their draft day expectations and those catchers that have not lived up to the hype.

A.J. Pierzynski, Ryan Doumit, Willin Rosario, Buster Posey, Mike Napoli, Yadier Molina, Carlos Ruiz

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