Yankees sign Bobby Wilson! Eureka!

[LeoYankee]

Catching problem solved! Oh.

[RCSownsU]

Where have you gone Eli Whiteside?

With Whiteside gone, the Yankees have added some more insurance behind Chris Stewart, Francisco Cervelli and Austin Romine. They have signed Bobby Wilson to a minor league deal, Buster Olney reports. Wilson will be in spring training.

Wilson hit .211 with three homers and 13 RBIs for the Los Angeles Angels in a career high 75 games in 2012. The average might sound bad, but that is what Russell Martin hit.

As for Whiteside, he is now a Texas Ranger after making pit stops with the Giants, the Yankees and the Blue Jays thus far this winter. Basically, he has hit for the transaction

Source: http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/yan...m-bobby-wilson

[CostanzaNumba0]

epic offseason

[nyyfan4life]

Very strong defensive catcher with little to no offensive value. Whatever.

[LeoYankee]

Very strong defensive catcher with little to no offensive value. Whatever.

Don't we have that guy. I think his name is Chris Stewart.

[BE10sCoach]

What oh what is Cashman doing? Can't believe that the organization looks to these garbage pickups as an answer to our catching needs, come on! This guy doesn't even deserve a roster space. Sign AJ for a year, please! What a crappy offseason. We'll be taking the bus to the "Old Man's Home" on a nightly basis and hope for no complications.

[nyyfan4life]

Don't we have that guy. I think his name is Chris Stewart.

Yes. The Yankees are definitely prioritizing defense over productive offensive value at the catcher's position.

[LeoYankee]

When I say that I'd rather have Posada in his current condition, I'm serious.

[BE10sCoach]

Hey, maybe we can get Eli Whiteside back LOL. That should be something Cashman, ownership and the "brain trust" could do.

[BE10sCoach]

And if not Posada, maybe Yogi has a few innings left in the tank. What a joke this offseason is!

[nyyfan4life]

What oh what is Cashman doing? Can't believe that the organization looks to these garbage pickups as an answer to our catching needs, come on! This guy doesn't even deserve a roster space. Sign AJ for a year, please! What a crappy offseason. We'll be taking the bus to the "Old Man's Home" on a nightly basis and hope for no complications.

He got 200+ PA's last season on a team that won 89 games. Plus he's been rated as a plus defender by multiple different metrics. He's not a starter but he's definitely a useful back-up option on basically every team.

[Rylinkus]

What oh what is Cashman doing? Can't believe that the organization looks to these garbage pickups as an answer to our catching needs, come on! This guy doesn't even deserve a roster space. Sign AJ for a year, please! What a crappy offseason. We'll be taking the bus to the "Old Man's Home" on a nightly basis and hope for no complications.

It's depth. It's a guy you can have in the minors to spell a prospect and possibly help Romine, Sanchez, or Murphy learn a thing or 2. He allows the possibility of trading a prospect and still filling out a minors roster. Not every guy in the minor can be a real prospect. But you still need to have a full AA team.

[theslick1]

He got 200+ PA's last season on a team that won 89 games. Plus he's been rated as a plus defender by multiple different metrics. He's not a starter but he's definitely a useful back-up option on basically every team.

As of today, he may actually be the starter.

[popo85]

awesome mullet, that is all.

[Rylinkus]

Sal Fasano's stache was better