Christian Bethancourt

[The Kid 24]

Curious if SCEA can anwser how Christian will be handled in 17?

He's Padres backup catcher and relief pitcher... I believe outfielder as well.

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[Caulfield]

Re: Christian Bethancourt

Maybe the same way they handled Sean Doolittle. I dont know off-hand how Doolittle was in 16 but they used to have his secondary as 1B IIRC

[gamer052001]

Re: Christian Bethancourt

I've been trying to figure this out as well. If they don't include the secondary positions (like they did for Doolittle), we can't edit a pitcher's secondary position. Another potential issue is the fact that in '16 you can't start a pitcher somewhere in the field. So you couldn't start Bethancourt at C, OF, or DH. Jordan Schafer is also doing this with the Cardinals. He has played CF and already pitched a scoreless inning so far in Spring Training.

[BeatArmy]

Re: Christian Bethancourt

It would also be possible to put Adam Loewen in that group, too, no?

Bethancourt is a weapon being a catcher: his roster spot is almost guaranteed since he's not bad defensively. SD would be the only NL team with a 13 man staff then including him, no?

[The Left Shark]

Re: Christian Bethancourt

It would also be possible to put Adam Loewen in that group, too, no?

Bethancourt is a weapon being a catcher: his roster spot is almost guaranteed since he's not bad defensively. SD would be the only NL team with a 13 man staff then including him, no?

A team like the Cubs could potentially have a 13-man staff. And when Venditte is in the majors, do you count that as an extra man? haha

[bacon96]

Re: Christian Bethancourt

It would also be possible to put Adam Loewen in that group, too, no?

Bethancourt is a weapon being a catcher: his roster spot is almost guaranteed since he's not bad defensively. SD would be the only NL team with a 13 man staff then including him, no?

I heard Miami may be going with a 13 man staff. It's a pretty common thing but it's unsustainable.

[SilverBullet1929]

Re: Christian Bethancourt

Miami at this point says they're gonna give a 13 man pitching staff a try. They have an astounding 12 pitchers with guaranteed major league contracts and then there's Jose Urena who is out of options and they don't want to lose him so the plan to start the season is a 13 man staff. I don't think it last for long especially being an NL team but they've said it enough times that I'm starting believe they'll try it and it's not just generic spring training talk.

[bacon96]

Re: Christian Bethancourt

Brewers minor leaguer Nick Ramirez is also attempting to become a reliever and it appears the Brew Crew would like him to be a two way player...so I would love to see the option to have first base and other back-up positions as a possibility for CAPs.

[gamer052001]

Re: Christian Bethancourt

Micah Owings is a NRI and pitching for the Mariners this spring as well.

[douggoud]

Re: Christian Bethancourt

If they don't have anything in place now they'll certainly have to do something whenever Shohei Otani comes state side

[Caulfield]

Re: Christian Bethancourt

If they don't have anything in place now they'll certainly have to do something whenever Shohei Otani comes state side

Or when they go super-retro and put the Babe on the cover.
I can see why maybe this would be disabled for ranked online games, maybe even DD, but not for any other mode.

[Viking11]

Re: Christian Bethancourt

I could be wrong but I could have sworn that I read early on that they are letting us start pitchers in the field this year. Would work fine as long as they have the secondary positions set or you will be looking at a large drop off with the new position logic.

[douggoud]

Re: Christian Bethancourt

Or when they go super-retro and put the Babe on the cover.
I can see why maybe this would be disabled for ranked online games, maybe even DD, but not for any other mode.

I've been waiting for them to bring him back, he used to be all the way back in 06 and 07 to my knowledge and maybe few after, but I wonder what changed that made them not put him in the game again. Probably something with the MLBPA or maybe the Ruth family gave them permission and then decided otherwise? It could be a multitude of reasons but maybe someday they'll be able to put him in again.

(On a side note of waiting, still waiting for them to let us give our RTTS pitchers a gyroball )

[DanH35]

Re: Christian Bethancourt

I doubt he'll make the team, but the Cardinals are trying Jordan Schafer out as a two-way player also.

[gamer052001]

Re: Christian Bethancourt

Jordan Schafer and James Jones of the Rangers (injured) would be great pinch runner and defensive replacement options in the OF.