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Cardinals Sign Brayan Pena To Two-Year Deal
內文：
By Steve Adams | November 30, 2015 at 3:37pm CST
3:37pm: Pena’s $5MM guarantee will be spread out evenly, paying him $2.5MM
in each season of the contract, MLBTR has learned.
3:35pm: Pena’s contract guarantees him a total of $5MM, according to Derrick
Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Twitter link).
3:11pm: The Cardinals announced that they have signed catcher Brayan Pena to
a two-year contract. Tom Ackerman of KMOX in St. Louis first reported the
news shortly before the announcement (Twitter link).
Pena spent the past two seasons with the division-rival Reds, where he batted
a combined .263/.313/.339 with five homers in 739 plate appearances. The
soon-to-be 34-year-old walked at a 6.6 percent clip and struck out in just
10.2 percent of his plate appearances during his time with the Reds. Pena is
a switch-hitter but is markedly better from the left side of the dish.
From a defensive standpoint, Pena has typically thrown out a respectable
number of baserunners, though this past season’s uncharacteristic 18 percent
caught-stealing rate was the lowest of his career. That dragged his career
mark down a bit, to 28 percent, though it should be noted that the pendulum
swung the other way in 2014, when Pena prevented an excellent 43 percent of
attempted thefts. Framing metrics tell a similar story, as Pena graded out as
one of the worst pitch-framers in the league this past season but had
previously rated anywhere from average to slightly above-average in his
limited time behind the dish. The Cardinals will hope that the 2015 season
was an aberration in terms of Pena’s defense, and he’s instead able to
replicate the solid, if unspectacular defensive skills he showed prior to the
most recent campaign.
This signing figures to supplant the arbitration eligible Tony Cruz as Yadier
Molina‘s primary backup for the next two seasons. That makes it likely that
Cruz, who is projected by MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz to earn $1MM next
season, will be either traded or non-tendered before this Wednesday’s
deadline, as the club probably won’t have interest in carrying three
catchers on the roster.
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備註：
1. 過去兩年待在紅人隊的Brayan Pena，紅雀隊以5MM/2YR簽下，未來每年2.5MM的薪水。
2. 攻守方面：
(1) Brayan Pena雖然是左右開弓，但是左打的表現比右打好。
(2) 2015年球季偷好球能力並不佳(pitch-framers)，但比平均來說好一點點。
(3) 2014年的盜壘阻殺率是43%，但2015年球季是生涯最差的18%。
3. Brayan Pena在2015年的球季表現：
Brayan Pena C 33 CIN $1,400,000
G H HR RBI BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ SB/CS
108 91 0 18 .273 .334 .324 .609 82 58/13(18%)
4. 未來兩年的情況，Brayan Pena可能會取代Tony Cruz擔任Yadier Molina的後備二號捕
手，雖然Tony Cruz將要接受薪資仲裁(MLBTR記者預計是1MM)，但他也有可能被交易或是被
提non-tender。
5. 對他最有印象的，便是在2013年他還在老虎隊時跟Nick Swisher的影片，相信這可以給
捕手跟打者判斷界內外很好的教材：
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ai8D8WMREA