Angels sign John Buck to Minor League deal

[CanadianHalo]

@JeffFletcherOCR: #Angels have signed veteran C John Buck to a minor lg deal and assigned him to AAA. DFA'd by Mariners earlier this season.

[Ochocinco!]

Championship

[ItzTacosYerrp]

The missing link...

[Jeff M]

Hey wasn't there some dude on this board that was saying that signing him in the off season would be key to the Angels success in 2014?

[WallyWorld]

huh . . . I guess it doesn't hurt to have a veteran ready to go in case Iannetta or Conger gets hurt down the stretch.

[gotbeer]

My name is buck.

 

And I'm here to 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

play Angels baseball.

[tdawg87]

I remember when this dude was supposed to be the shiz.

[ukyah]

insurance policy against injury mainly and possibly a little insider knowledge regarding seattle's staff.

[JAHV76]

The piece!

[Angel Oracle]

Good move for insurance purposes, and it never hurts to have insider info on a rock solid pitching staff.

[Taylor]

Hey wasn't there some dude on this board that was saying that signing him in the off season would be key to the Angels success in 2014?

 

Yes, I believe his username was J. Buck.

[disarcina]

Hey -- this guy can help come September -- he's a catcher with some pop......nice guy to have on the bench during expanded roster time......

 

and he will have a real incentive to play well to catch on with the Halos or some other team for 2015.

 

He's a DH/ C type that I think works well on an AL roster if the team has room.........heck, we carried about three DH/ OF types on the 25 man roster on Opening Day.

 

Couple of them gone now.

[disarcina]

and if he doesn't make the roster, his name is John so we can call him Jack and put him in the booth with Terry Smith.......

[Docwaukee]

My name is buck.

 

And I'm here to 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

play Angels baseball.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Hey wasn't there some dude on this board that was saying that signing him in the off season would be key to the Angels success in 2014?

first thought in my head too

Who here is actually jerry dipoto? I say its AO...his self bans are actually trips he takes to scout players

[Taylor]

Who here is actually jerry dipoto? I say its AO...his self bans are actually trips he takes to scout players

 

I think you're on to something. The deal for Street finalizes and suddenly AO's self ban ends?

[ten ocho recon scout]

Exactly taylor

Has anyone here ever seen AO and a press conference at the same time?

Any coincidence that when dipoto got here, we had that wrestling mask promotion night?....

#sheeple

[AngelStew43]

Buck has some power in his bat.  Mike likes to carry three C's sometimes.  May have something here.

[Mark68]

Sure. Nice to have insurance, especially a guy who has experience.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Translation, iannetta is being dealt to the cards because yadi is out. My money is us getting wainright in return.

This is why I love dipoto

[Adam]

Nice signing. Gives Sciosica more options to pinch hit/run when the rosters expand in Sept. 

[Inside Pitch]

Could be angling to use Ianetta as a DH more often.  His OBP at the bottom of the order is pretty nice.  Anything they can do to get back to Calhoun and Trout is a good idea.

[nando714]

Which catcher are we trying to trade

[arch stanton]

He's no John Hester.

[jsnpritchett]

He's no John Hester.

 

Few are.