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I believe next year the Mets are going to need at least a platoon partner for Omir Santos.Brian Schneider's contract is up at the end of the season and I can't see them bringing him back on the decline of his career.Santos has done a solid job this year but I'm not ready to make him the starter and just bring in a journeyman back-up.From everything I've read, Josh Thole is the Mets best catching prospect and he's probably two years away. Baseball Moves is running a series of articles, by position, on what players could become available through waivers. One of the players mentioned in the catchers article is the diamondbacks Chris Snyder, we saw Snyder struggle with passed balls when the Mets were in Arizona and he was just coming back from a back injury.I believe that type of play is what will keep him from being moved the rest of the season, Snyder will have to prove he's healthy before he can be moved and that will more then likely occur during the off-sea...
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