Catcher: Eddie Black

In his brief time with the Palms last year, Eddie Black proved that scouts were exactly right about him. He was always known to be a solid hitting prospect, but not much behind the plate. With Gerald Laird and Kyle Vic behind the plate before him, Black was blocked by better game managers if worse hitters. Vic is in St. Louis, Jon Bogaard, at the time Vic's backup was traded as part of a deal with the Rangers for Laird. Of course, now Laird has also been allowed to move on. Part of this was to make way for Eddie both because he is likely to be the long term answer behind the plate, and because he could be part of the short term solution for the offense, which lost a lot in the offseason. In just a few at bats last year, he showed good plate presence and the ability to hit a home run when needed.