Fuck having depth I guess.
I'm willing to bet Eloy, Vaughn, Abreu, Pollock all see at least one 10-day IL stint each at some point through out the year.
Exactly teams that can give him the at bats make sense, and they likely aren’t contenders. Would be pleasantly be surprised though if they got anything worthwhile for him that can help us right now.
If you really want to discuss the Padres in depth multiple times a day in every thread, you should probably find the Soxtalk equivalent for Padres fans.
I just don't know where they go from here. Anyone they sign isn't going to help them right away (unless it's someone who was in Spring Training with another team). Maybe see if you can grab Castillo or Mahle from the Reds while taking on dead money (Shogo's $8 mill?)? Try for Montas?
All that says is that they can’t improve catcher defense here (just using your one example). Might as well deal him for someone who can already catch and frame.