Huge mistake

[Slacker Mills]

One year ago, the Giants gave Joey Bart his walking papers at the prime age of 27. Pittsburgh took him on and got one of the most productive catchers in the Nl during the 2004 season. Even in his failed stay in San Francisco,  Bart was of course better than Nick Fortes.

Grabbing a castoff like Bart was exactly the kind of thing that new GM Bendix should have been doing. ... and obviously didn't.

[One Regend]

Tell me, what realistic catching options did Bendix have over the offseason that wasn't going to require a commitment?

The easy answer is, there was none. Unless, you want to run it back with a Christian Bethancourt with a 26 wRC+.

The best there could have been was a waiver wire claim. Which would have put up more or less the numbers Nick Fortes would put up anyways.

It's a 105+ loss season. Why bother?