The Miami Marlins just made their second free-agent splash of the day, filling their backup catching vacancy with acquisition of veteran backup A.J. Ellis this Wednesday evening.
Special thanks to the much respected but never met Buster Olney of ESPN on breaking the news. That said, he was kind enough to tweet back to me once when I asked whether it was him or his doppleganger in a local coffeehouse.
Hey, he could have been scouting the local college team and dabbling in prospect analysis.
As for Ellis though, he checks a box that appeared on the Marlins to do list when Jeff Mathis left for Arizona.