Musical Catchers

From seattlemariners.com:

"Catcher Guillermo Quiroz cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Tacoma on Monday. To make room for him on the Tacoma roster, the club released catcher Corky Miller."

http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060417&content_id=1404677& vkey=news_sea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea

I guess this is okay. In the grand scale of things, its a pretty minor upgrade, especially with Johjima playing the way he is and Clement coming down the pipe.

It is my belief that the whole Rivera-to-the-minors deal, while Quiroz got one major league start, was all part of Bavasi's plan to get Quiroz through waivers. Which is pretty shrewd.

Guys like Koyie Hill, while no great shakes had the same thing happen with NY, so I think it was a pretty sound plan.

Quiroz over Miller -- sure, why not?