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Old 09-18-2021, 08:35 PM   #115
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Milwaukee nets catcher in trade with Chicago

And there's your answer for how the Milwaukee Cadets replace the recently retired Ricky Cabrera.
They steal a solid catcher from the woeful Chicago Fire.

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Okay, to be fair, outfielder Dan Shaffer has some skills with the bat- particularly a good eye and a bit of pop. And although he is slow he is a smart and baserunner who will swipe some bags if the defense falls asleep on him and runs the bases pretty well. But as a defender he is barely adequate in left field, doesn't appear to have the minimum skills necessary to play first in spite of having the size, and has poor bat to ball skills.

In Victor Munoz the Cadets are getting a defensively gifted catcher with a decent bat and makeup that says captain in the making.

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The Cadets also have a rotation consisting of young starting pitchers with good potential (two of them are fragile, unfortunately, but some others, like the durable righty Jon Murrah and durable lefty Cory Young, have a chance to develop into Pitcher of the Year contenders). A catcher like Munoz could really boost this pitching staff going forward.
Nice move by Milwaukee!
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