Right now I don’t see much of a catching surplus. Neither Saltalamacchia nor Teagarden are distinguishing themselves offensively. Ramirez has not hit at AAA and Pina has cooled off considerably at AA. I don’t see any reason to deal one right now just for the sake of it.

in AAA, and Max Ramirez’s stock is low right now. For how we started out the year, i think the pen has shaped up alright. Guardado has turned it around, same with CJ, O’Day has been very good, Jennings has been solid with that terrific slider, and Benson is going to be DFA’d any time now when a couple more guys get healthy. A power RH arm would be nice, but we had that chance with Ramirez and didn’t take it. I’m sure if we stay in the hunt there will be plenty of pieces available. Call me dumb, but if Nippert and Eyre can get healthy I think they can make solid contributions

Has a great bullpen. Trade for Cruz and Mahay. The Rangers might be able to package Max-Ram and a good, young pitcher — Omar Poveda maybe?

They have been getting the job done recently. O’Day i’m comfortable with, I’m starting to trust Eddie if he keeps pitching like he has been. C.J. Is great on most days and frankie is amazing. Jennings is good.

The bullpen hasn’t been so terrible.

Long term, I don’t know. But the Red Sox are a very good offensive team and they’re going to put runners on base sometimes. The relievers dealt with it pretty well if you ask me. Most teams give up multiple runs in that situation.

Even if Feliz were just mowing down AAA hitters, I don’t think he should be brought up and put into a high pressure late innings role. Use him like they did with Holland or let him start, which is high pressure but at least he’s used to starting games.

I agree with the others that right now isn’t the best time to deal with the catchers. At the big league level there are two who maybe aren’t hitting all that well but do what you ask of them defensively. Kind of need both those guys. Not sure if other teams even look at Ramirez as a catcher, and right now you’re not going to get a lot for him.

I think this is just one of those situations where you make due with what you have unless the right deal comes along, and it would be nice if were another O’Day-like pickup.

Francisco’s health concerns are especially troubling given the lack of other legit late inning options. I’d like to see some quality added, somebody like Qualls or Bell.

I’m also concerned about what we can expect from Guardado and O’Day for the rest of the season. Eddie seemed to hit a wall last summer, and he walks a pretty fine line between servicable and atrocious. With O’Day, it just seems that trick delivery relievers often have a short shelf life.

My best case scenario is that Feliz comes up in a month or so and is added to the late inning mix, another internal option (Moscoso? AJ Murray?) proves trustworthy in the middle innings, and a proven shut down guy is added via trade.

Chris Ray might be a ok fit here. He might be cheap, but the Orioles are lookin to improve thei bullpen, not dismantyle it

I’m tired of seeing him come into games. Even blowouts. Mathis showed me enough tonight. 1 scoreless inning is enough for me. DFA Benson now please.