The Catchers

Ed Eagle's take:

The plan heading into Spring Training is for Doumit and Cota to split time. However, the team's brain trust would probably love to see Doumit emerge as the everyday catcher.

Cota showed last season that he could be a serviceable big-league starter. He improved his defense and game calling, and he came through with more than his fair share of clutch hits. But Doumit has a higher ceiling because of his potential to be an offensive threat from both sides of the plate. If he can turn that potential into production, Doumit will get the majority of starts behind the plate.

So what about Ronny Paulino? Will he wait for a Cota trade? Theoretically, you'd hope the team would do better than carry three catchers.