Catcher’s Blog

This will be the last mailbag for the month of January and I’m glad this month is coming to a close for more reasons than one. But most of all, I’m ready to see what February brings us, and for Spring training that is only seventeen days away. Who isn’t tired of hearing about football and basketball by now? Bring out the bats and balls, dust off the bases, beat the dirt off the cleats, and wash the uniforms because baseball season is almost here.

The mailbag post for today includes questions about how Chipper can remain healthy in his elder years and if he’ll be as good in ‘08 as he was last season, why Chuckie isn’t considered a lock for the fifth spot in the rotation, Joey Devine being traded for Mark Kotsay when we will only get one year of Kotsay, about Hampton’s health once again, and also about Tommy Hanson, Cole Rohrbough, and Jeff Locke, who are top pitching prospects in the minors.