Well, we knew Ned Colletti wouldn't go into the season with A.J. Ellis and Tim Federowicz as the team's only catchers, so he's decided to pursue veteran Matt Treanor.Yet, I can't understand why.The guy is the textbook definition of an all-glove, no-bat catcher, and I'm not sure his glove is even that good.Treanor is a career .225/.315/.307 hitter. He's never had more than 237 at-bats in a season, so he's clearly going to be the backup.At least the Dodgers are looking at Ellis as the team's starting catcher (one can assume).He'll likely get about a million bucks -- the same million bucks the Dodgers gave Dioner Navarro last season (by comparison).I'm not in favor of this signing, but at least it lets Federowicz and Gorman Erickson do a little more marinating in the minors. For $1 million, it's hard to be too upset about it.#####Any hope you had left of the Dodgers pursuing Prince Fielder or Albert Pujols should be just about gone wit...
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