Kurt Suzuki

Catcher

2008 Kurt Suzuki  588 PAs .279 .346 .370

Suzuki was a league average hitter last year and will be the starter again in 2009.   It's reasonable to expect some improvement as Suzuki was just 24 last season.  However, his minor league numbers do not suggest that he'll become an offensive star, so the A's should not count on Suzuki to provide appreciably more offense than he did last season.

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With Kurt Suzuki ahead of him, Oakland doesn’t need him anytime soon, but he’s less blocked here than he was in Chicago, with super rookie Geovany Soto looking like their Catcher of the Future. Kurt Klutch in Oakland is also the COF, but if Donaldson is ready in a year or two, that should coincide with Suzuki’s entrance into the Unaffordable territory of Oakland’s business model.

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