Jeff Gross/Getty ImagesHector Gimenez (16)The setup: Though his major-league career at the time comprised of going 0 for 2 with the 2006 Houston Astros, Gimenez's .916 OPS in 2010 with Double-A Altoona and ability to play catcher attracted the Dodgers, who made Gimenez a footnote acquisition in November. He entered Spring Training with an outside chance to move ahead of Dioner Navarro and A.J. Ellis for the backup catcher role if those two faltered.The closeup: Remember that feel-good spring? A .565 slugging percentage in 46 at-bats did succeed in propelling Gimenez onto the Opening Day roster, though not so much as a catcher (the Dodgers also kept Ellis) as a semi-utility player with Navarro, Casey Blake and Jay Gibbons on the disabled list. Gimenez reached base on an error as a pinch
Remembering 2011: Hector Gimenez
Published October 12, 2011 at 1:35 PM
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