Florida Marlins release C Matt Treanor
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Bill Jempty | Friday, December 12, 2008 |
Would the thrifty MLB franchise really release a player because they don’t want to pay him $900,000? From the Palm Beach Post-
Treanor, Florida’s opening day catcher in 2008, was released late Wednesday night after the Marlins gave up on their fruitless efforts to trade him.
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“Being released, yes, it’s shocking,” he said. “It’s been a long time with the club. I wish I could have stayed with the same team until I finished my career but it’s the nature of the game and I can’t let this hold me down.”
Treanor, who often referred to himself last summer as “Mr. Misty May,” was one of the most affable players to wear a Marlins uniform, despite a career .237 batting average with eight home runs and 70 RBI.
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But Treanor was made expendable because he was projected to make $900,000 in arbitration, a price the Marlins didn’t want to spend on a journeyman backup coming off a sports hernia operation. By releasing Treanor, the Marlins freed up a spot on their 40-man roster for a few hours.
Lets look at the type of performance Florida could have gotten from Treanor
.237 Batting Average
.322 OBP
.317 Slugging percentage
5 Home Runs
41 RBI
Those are his full season averages. If Treanor had over 400 AB in a season. Something he hasn’t even come close to.
No power, low batting average, below average On base percentage. I don’t blame Florida for cutting him, and can understand why there were no takers for Treanor’s services.
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