March 20, 2012

Hundley Extended

The Padres signed catcher Nick Hundley through the 2014 season. Aaron Gleeman wonders what this means for Yasmani Grandal, a top catching prospect in the Padres system:

Now that Hundley is signed long term it’ll be interesting to see what the Padres do with catching prospect Yasmani Grandal, who was acquired from the Reds in the Mat Latos trade and ranks as the No. 53 prospect in the majors according Baseball America. Grandal is 23 years old and figures to begin this season at Triple-A, so he’ll be MLB-ready long before Hundley’s deal expires.

I think Aaron answers his own question earlier in the post. Hundley is injury prone, but a good hitter, especially in San Diego. The Padres may eventually want to move him away from the catching slot to save his bat.

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