Let's take a drag on the small sample size pipe.
Anyone who follows baseball knows that the term "backup catcher" means "has all the hitting power of Richard Simmons." Rod Barajas is the epitome, posting a .238/.283/.410 in 831 games over 12 seasons with five teams. In his single year in Philadelphia, Barajas drilled all of four home runs.
Since leaving the Phils, Barajas has hit safely 14 times in 23 at-bats against them, with seven home runs. That's not exactly Ruthian...because the Babe in his career needed 104 plate appearances to smack seven out. Barajas doesn't just own Phillies pitching, he's got an option on the film rights.
The Mets will be sure to ride that tiger by starting the 245-pound Californian every time they take on their division rivals. If Barajas is hitting .609 with a 1.512 slugging average at year's end, we'll put something else in that pipe.
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Too bad he hasn't learned how to run the bases. ;)
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