Angels call up Carlos Perez

[LAA Road Tripper]

yup - Drew can thank Iannetta's unbelievable suckiness for being out of a job now. Butera actually performed pretty much like any reasonable person would expect, it's just Iannetta has been so god-awful. Tough break.

Completely agree. I think the move is the right one but it's rare that a backup gets penalized rather than has the opportunity to take advantage of the starter's ineptitude.

[Jason]

Perez gets his chance....forced his way into the equation....

While sitting on the bench watching Ianetta

[nando714]

Another piece of the conger trade

[beatlesrule]

Oh goodie. A new face to watch go 0-4.

[Ray McKigney]

I agree that Ianetta's struggles have everything to do with this - the other options would have been to put Ianetta on the DL (and I'm actually a little surprised they didn't) or DFA Ianetta (and they probably were not going to do that to a team veteran a month into the season). However, Butera's got a .190 ERA right now and hasn't really been a defensive wizard, AND he's the newbie so he didn't have proven past success with the Angels to look at, as Ianetta does...so he really hasn't been doing much to cement his spot on the team. Even if Ianetta had been batting .300, with Perez doing so well in SLC, it might have just been a matter of time before this happened.

 

That's a pretty solid ERA for a catcher. 

[AngelsSurfer]

That's a pretty solid ERA for a catcher.

Not next to what other catchers are hitting thus far this season. And when you've got another catcher who seems as though they might be capable of hitting much higher than that, and the offense is struggling, it makes sense to switch.

[jsnpritchett]

That's a pretty solid ERA for a catcher. 

 

The "Devils" made him do it...

[bloodbrother]

No stoppin them now

[tdawg87]

He'll go 3 for 3 with a BB in his first game whilst throwing out 2 baserunners, then sit the next 5 games.

[ItzTacosYerrp]

sources say hes the next MOLINA

[Dick B Back]

Which Molina?

Edited May 5, 2015 by Dick B Back

[WallyWorld]

Which Molina?

 

Ignacio.

 

[Dick B Back]

Ignacio.

LOL, what size uniform does he get?

[Erstad Grit]

Butera won the bench catcher position. He is fine for that role. It looks like we need a starting catcher. So yes CI played so bad it cost butera his spot.

[jsnpritchett]

He'll go 3 for 3 with a BB in his first game whilst throwing out 2 baserunners, then sit the next 5 games.

 

Nice use of the word "whilst." 

[Blarg]

This might be an Ibanez moment like last season.

now we take off

 

Ibanez was a starter, Butera a backup catcher that started in only 7 games. Let's not get carried away.

[Blarg]

yup - Drew can thank Iannetta's unbelievable suckiness for being out of a job now. Butera actually performed pretty much like any reasonable person would expect, it's just Iannetta has been so god-awful. Tough break.

 

Wally, he batted .190 with no walks, created an error and allowed 8 runners to steal on him in 7 games. He earned his own demotion.

[Blarg]

Butera is CI's fall guy. Its tough not being a made man

 

See post above.

[tdawg87]

LOL, what size uniform does he get?

 

XXXXL Gagne in Dodger blue

[LAA Road Tripper]

Wally, he batted .190 with no walks, created an error and allowed 8 runners to steal on him in 7 games. He earned his own demotion.

Maybe you're right. Butera's a poor man's Mathis but the guess here is that if Iannetta's OBP was hovering around .375 then Drew is having a seat in the dugout and Perez would still be in SLC. At least for a little while longer.

[Erstad Grit]

Wally, he batted .190 with no walks, created an error and allowed 8 runners to steal on him in 7 games. He earned his own demotion.

 

That "error"  was on a throw that hit Pujols in the glove. His poor average you pointed out is twice as good as CI. Butera was here to be a good defensive back up catcher. CI is playing so horrific that we need our back up catcher to be more than a defensive specialist. 

[tdawg87]

That "error"  was on a throw that hit Pujols in the glove. His poor average you pointed out is twice as good as CI. Butera was here to be a good defensive back up catcher. CI is playing so horrific that we need our back up catcher to be more than a defensive specialist. 

 

I agree, so why are you defending Butera? That's literally all he is.

[nando714]

Ibanez was a starter

Insert blank stare Here.

I honestly forgot that

[AngelsFaninGA]

Ibanez was a starter, Butera a backup catcher that started in only 7 games. Let's not get carried away.

 

Not to mention we still have 3-4 Ibanezes clogging up the lineup. 

[hen3ry]

I agree, so why are you defending Butera? That's literally all he is.

 

It's not really defending Butera.  Its more remarking on the irony that the 'punishment' for Iannetta's historically inept year so far (he makes Joyce et al look like Babe Ruth in comparison) is that Butera gets demoted.  

 

It's rather like the old whipping boys.  One simply does not strike the Prince, so one must instead strike his playmate.