Benjie Molina

“Marked down from like $5 million per year?” asks intrepid wine reporter David Roth.  “(In Schneider’s case) I have no idea how this is still going for $10, but… yeah. I’m waiting until it hits $3, at which point I’ll write a prissy Robert Parker-style review at CSTB.”  There’s at least one person in the [...]  

The Astros seem content to go into the season with Towles and Quintero behind the plate and with Jason Castro on the rise, a two year deal for Molina seems far-fetched here. The Rockies were willing to give Yorvit Torrealba a two year deal, but the ...  

Ken Davidoff of Newsday says the Mets top choice for catcher is Bengie Molina, but are still exploring trade options to fill their need behind the plate. Davidoff says the Giants are likely to offer arbitration to Molina, which means if the Mets were to sign him, they would have to surrender their second-round pick to [...]  

Jon Heyman of SI.com believes the Mets will soon make an official offer a one-year deal, worth roughly $6 million, to free-agent C Benjie Molina. …from what i understand, the two sides have been talking for weeks, with the Mets making clear they are willing to give an easily attaianable second-year option, at best… but, molina [...]  

To be honest, I bet the Mets first push hard to trade for a starting catcher, like Pirates C Ryan Doumit, D-Backs C Chris Snyder or Rays C Dioner Navarro, and then, if all else fails go to a free-agent starting catcher, like Miguel Olivo, Benjie Molina or Rob Barajas, in hopes [...]  

The Rays have acquired C Kelly Shoppach from the Indians for a player to be named later, according to Mark Tompkin of the St. Petersburgh Times. …wow, good thing the Mets don’t need a catcher… …oh, right, they do…   Original Post, 2:45 pm: Ugh.  Why?  Because, like Michael Baron wrote this morning, I, too, just don’t understand why [...]  

In regards to the idea that the Mets can upgrade their pitching staff by acquiring free-agent C Benjie Molina and Henry Blanco, Keith Law said, in a post to his blog for ESPN.com: “Always good to go with reputation over evidence, since various studies of the subject have all found that if a catcher makes any [...]  

Jon Heyman of SI.com believes the Mets will do two years for free-agent C Benjie Molina. Heyman asks, “Why is there no deal yet?  Does he want three?” …yes, from what i can gather, molina believes he can get a three-year deal, be it from the Mets or a few other teams… also, i think he’s looking for around [...]