Marwin Gonzalez as a part time LF, RF, 3B,1B,2B,SS He can play 6 positions easily, I think he played catcher as a injury replacement
But can you honestly say he is better than Bregs at third, Correa at short, Altuve at second, Gurriel at first, Tucker and McCormick at the corners? Probably not... he is better than Alvarez and Brantley with the glove, yes. But he is also far inferior to all of the previously mentioned with the bat.
I say this with 99% sarcasm/jest but can Marwin please get some reps at catcher if Castro is in fact out? Just be like a Gattis-level emergency catcher. Hopefully Castro is not out for the playoffs…I do not love the idea of Maldy/Stubbs/emergency C on a playoff roster
Marwin was often the emergency catcher in his prior time with the Astros although he never actually had to catch in a game.
Is it me or did the interviewer ask Marwin the same question three times with the same response each time. Ask him one more time how it feels!
His career ops is 0.717. I would be more than happy with that off the bench and able to fill in defensively everywhere. Anything above that is gravy. This signing has the potential to be absolutely huge for the club, given his versatility and influence in the clubhouse.