Chicago Cubs catcher Geovany Soto had a horrible start to the season with the bat, and things got worse when he tore the meniscus in his left knee. But after surgery and just over a month of recovery, he's returning from the disabled list and starting for the Cubs against the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.
Soto had a .161 batting average over his first 104 plate appearances this year, but he's a career .253/.343/.447 hitter, which makes him something of a mid-tier offensive catcher. The Cubs are likely to liquidate their inventory of players at the trading deadline, and losing Soto likely hurt his trade value, but he's back and has a month to reestablish that value.
While Soto was absent, the Cubs used Welington Castillo , Steve Clevenger , and Koyie Hill as replacements. Of the three, Clevenger has hit the best this season, with a solid .290/.310/.406 line over 69 at-bats, but while Soto was gone, Clevenger hit .191/.208/.255 in 47 at-bats.
shop asia wholesale travel deals Chicago Cubs catcher Geovany Soto is in the middle of a miserable season, hitting just .161/.250/.301 in 93 at-bats. His last season was something of a disappointment compared to his stellar 2010, but that wasn't anything compared to this season.
I'm no biomechanical expert, but I'd wager that a problem with Soto's shop asia wholesale travel deals left knee (where the tear is ) would affect his swing. And if it doesn't? I'd blame it anyway. Heck, if I were a hitter, I'd blame my bad stats on acne if people bought it.
Regardless, Soto was originally said to be available for Friday's game, but it's hard to see a situation where that would be worth the risk of running him out there again. Welington Castillo is the Cubs' backup shop asia wholesale travel deals catcher, shop asia wholesale travel deals and Steve Clevenger is the other listed catcher on the 40-man roster, but he's already on the 15-day DL. Another roster move to add a backup catcher shop asia wholesale travel deals to the 25-man roster is likely coming.
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