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Maybe one thumb.
But first, $3.5 a year for two years is not worth all the consternation. Somebody's gotta catch, and the salary is not out of line for a veteran with a fair measure of MLB skills.
Second, I think the Felix angle is definitely there. One of Drayer's first comments was something like "Felix will love pitching to him" (which seems like a way of saying "Felix asked for him" or somebody like him). Grizz is right on that -- small price to pay if it makes Felix better, and Grienke won the Cy pitching to Olivo every time out.
Pitchers, apparently, do not view him as the equivalent of Bard, and they matter in the real world.
That being said, I still see it as a mixed bag. But I guess whomever said that it was essentially moving Lopez from 4th to 8th in the order had it about right, except with more strikeouts. C can't get any worse, and the key will still be Smoak and Cust producing in the middle of the order no matter who catches.
So, onward . . . Jose Flores! Laynce Nix! More of the scrap heap awaits!