Dougie’s Going Home Tonight

Interesting that Doug Mirabelli would be released at this point. Has Kevin Cash shown enough this spring to clearly win the job of Tim Wakefield personal catcher? Not possible. Has Dusty Brown or George Kottaras? Possible, I suppose.

I would think that the front office wants Kottaras playing every day, as he is the most suited to replace Jason Varitek long-term, and that is only going to happen in Pawtucket. So I can’t really see him on the major league roster yet.

Brown has been catching knuckleballer Charlie Zink for a few years in the minors, doesn’t have a lot of offense (more than Mirabelli or Cash), but plays good D and has a cannon for an arm. I don’t know how deals with the knuckleball, but he is ok at it I would like him to get the shot over Cash. It’s always nice infusing some young blood.