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2007 As a Blue Jay, Ken Huckaby infamously fell on top of Derek Jeter while covering third base, separating the star`s shoulder, but he hasn`t made solid contact like that in four years. 2003 All the production of Alberto Castillo at just one-third the price! Huckaby couldn’t scare a cat burglar with a bat in his hands, but the 11-year minor league veteran is a genuinely good defensive backstop with whom pitchers like to work. The Jays will continue the offense/defense job sharing arrangement with Tom Wilson to begin the year, but it’ll come to a screeching halt the moment Kevin Cash is ready for The Show. 1996 He was in the PCL All-Star game, which says something about either the state of catching in the PCL or the Dodger publicity machine. Spray hitter, absolutely no power. Assuming the Dodgers bring up several pitchers from the minors next year (which they should), they may bring Huckaby with them, since he's familiar with them, and has "proven" his success. Although he's been rated the best defensive catcher in the Dodger's minor league system, he's made a ton of errors and committed a lot of passed balls; much of that could be being Chan Ho Park's battery mate, but mostly its a sign that Paul Konerko and Ryan Luzinski aren't playing catcher well.
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