To Nationals Fans who follow the team closely - Do you think Ivan 'Pudge' Rodriguez will be with the team next year? I believe this is the last year of a two-year contract for him.
He's pretty much become a backup catcher. At this rate he will probably be forced into retirement before he could reach 3,000 hits. Entering the season at age 39 with 2817 hits, he'd need to average 61 hits per season to reach 3,000 hits by the end of the 2013 season. He's definitely not going to reach that at his current rate. His reduced playing time this year has limited him to 40 at bats for the month of April. (He already is up to about a record 2,400 games at Catcher and each time he takes the field behind the plate he continues to put that record further and further out of reach.)
Does the team's front office seem to be conducive to the idea of keeping him around beyond this season?
He's pretty much become a backup catcher. At this rate he will probably be forced into retirement before he could reach 3,000 hits. Entering the season at age 39 with 2817 hits, he'd need to average 61 hits per season to reach 3,000 hits by the end of the 2013 season. He's definitely not going to reach that at his current rate. His reduced playing time this year has limited him to 40 at bats for the month of April. (He already is up to about a record 2,400 games at Catcher and each time he takes the field behind the plate he continues to put that record further and further out of reach.)
Does the team's front office seem to be conducive to the idea of keeping him around beyond this season?
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