As I said, he’s a better receiver than Molina, which is what he is hired to do.He can actually scoot over and block dirt balls with his chest protector, instead of reaching for them.

Anyway, I would sooner take Mathis, and stockpile a top 40 draft pick, which would net you a player like Escobar, Lind, Kelly Johnson, or Thames.

Anyway, Molina had a career year at the plate last year, which he probably won’t repeat (see John Buck with the Marlins). His lifetime average is .241, and he has had 3 sub-Mendoza seasons out of 12. He wasn’t hired for his bat either.

Calling him “one of the best in the business at calling games,” is tough to verify/quantify. I think that reputation has developed in the media because Mike Scioscia has constantly asserted it. This is the same manager, who refused to play Mike Napoli in 2010 because of defensive issues behind the plate- and had Napoli shipped out of town..

What can be quantified, is how completely inept Mathis is at hitting. He also racked up -1.0 WAR in only 93 games last year.

Personally, I was glad when Molina signed with the Rays- the supplementary draft pick is more important to me. But I think there are better options out there to back up JPA than Jeff Mathis.

As I said, he’s a better receiver than Molina, which is what he is hired to do.He can actually scoot over and block dirt balls with his chest protector, instead of reaching for them.

Anyway, I would sooner take Mathis, and stockpile a top 40 draft pick, which would net you a player like Escobar, Lind, Kelly Johnson, or Thames.

Anyway, Molina had a career year at the plate last year, which he probably won’t repeat (see John Buck with the Marlins). His lifetime average is .241, and he has had 3 sub-Mendoza seasons out of 12. He wasn’t hired for his bat either.

Calling him “one of the best in the business at calling games,” is tough to verify/quantify. I think that reputation has developed in the media because Mike Scioscia has constantly asserted it. This is the same manager, who refused to play Mike Napoli in 2010 because of defensive issues behind the plate- and had Napoli shipped out of town..

What can be quantified, is how completely inept Mathis is at hitting. He also racked up -1.0 WAR in only 93 games last year.

Personally, I was glad when Molina signed with the Rays- the supplementary draft pick is more important to me. But I think there are better options out there to back up JPA than Jeff Mathis.

At the plate, Mathis had 18 Runs, 22 RBI, and 3 HR. Molina had 19 Runs, 15 RBI, and 3 HR. What’s your point?

That’s a really, really poor knock, and you should be ashamed of yourself.

Had you done your research instead of trying to look like a hero, you may have found that the delusional mancrush that Scioscia (this is the CORRECT spelling) had on him might have had the the tiniest, remotest possibility that The Angels won 57.6% of their games when Mathis played, compared to 56.4% when he did not.

The Jays scored a ton of runs last year, and they should be OK this year too. They now have Lawrie, Thames/Snider, and Rasmus that they didn’t have last year, so even if they have to play a light hitting second baseman and a backup catcher that flat out can’t hit, they should still be OK overall.

Their big problem is defense. They allowed more runs than they scored, ranked #24 in staff ERA, and tied for 10th in errors. Once they get better at preventing runs, this team should be OK.

At the plate, Mathis had 18 Runs, 22 RBI, and 3 HR. Molina had 19 Runs, 15 RBI, and 3 HR. What’s your point?