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Of these three guys, who could have been or could be center fielders for the Milwaukee Brewers, Melky Cabrera is a switch-hitter (who could have been acquired for Mike Cameron in the last off-season), while suggested Scott Podsednik and abandoned Tony Gwynn Jr. hit from the left side.
Their 2009 regular season stats compare as follows:

                           Age League
AL - American League (1901-present)
NL - National League (1876-present)
AA - American Association (1882-1891)
UA - Union Association (1884)
PL - Players League (1890)
FL - Federal League (1914-1915)
NA - National Association (1871-1875)')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="3" G Plate Appearances
Estimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH,
missing catcher interferences.
When this color click for a summary of each PA.')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="5" PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO Hits/At Bats
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA
per team game played')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="17"BA (H + BB + HBP)/(At Bats + BB + HBP + SF)
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA
per team game played')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="18" OBP Total Bases/At Bats or
(1B + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR)/AB
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA
per team game played')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="19"SLG On-Base + Slugging Percentages
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA
per team game played')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="20"OPS OPS+
100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1]
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First tracked in 1933.')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="23"GDP HBP SH Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="26"SF Intentional Bases on Balls
First tracked in 1955.')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="27"IBB Position
’*’ indicates position played in 2/3rds of team games,
’/’ less than 10 games played.')" align=left table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="28"Pos
GG - Gold Glove
SS - Silver Slugger
MVP - Most Valuable Player
CYA - Cy Young Award
ROY - Rookie of the Year')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="29"

Melky Cabrera 24 154 540 485 66 133 28 1 13 68 10 2 43 59 .274 .336 .416 .752 97 202 15 4 4 4 4 *897

                       Scott Podsednik 33 132 587 537 75 163 25 6 7 48 30 13 39 74 .304 .353 .412 .764 97 221 8 3 6 2 1 *78D/9


Tony Gwynn 26 119 451 393 59 106 11 6 2 21 11 7 48 65 .270 .350 .344 .693 94 135 2 2 5 3 2 *89

While Podsednik does not have age on his side, he had more power than Gwynn, plus better BA and on-base than Cabrera or Gwynn AND was once a valuable contributor to a team that won a World Series on the South Side of Chicago in 2005, unlike recent Brewer vets Cameron and Jason Kendall.

Here's how that 2009 Milwaukee Brewers catcher compares offensively with a couple suggested replacements, right-handed hitting John Buck or better yet, contact switch-hitter Brayan Peña; his fellow Royal backstop (righty-hitting Miguel Olivo became the primary KC catcher, by way of Buck's injury):

                         Age League
AL - American League (1901-present)
NL - National League (1876-present)
AA - American Association (1882-1891)
UA - Union Association (1884)
PL - Players League (1890)
FL - Federal League (1914-1915)
NA - National Association (1871-1875)')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="3" G Plate Appearances
Estimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH,
missing catcher interferences.
When this color click for a summary of each PA.')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="5" PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO Hits/At Bats
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA
per team game played')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="17" BA (H + BB + HBP)/(At Bats + BB + HBP + SF)
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA
per team game played')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="18"OBP Total Bases/At Bats or
(1B + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR)/AB
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA
per team game played')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="19"SLG On-Base + Slugging Percentages
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA
per team game played')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="20"OPS OPS+
100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1]
Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s)')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="21"OPS+ Total Bases
Singles + 2 x Doubles + 3 x Triples + 4 x Home Runs.')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="22"TB Double Plays Grounded IntoOnly includes standard 6-4-3, 4-3, etc. double plays.
First tracked in 1933.')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="23"GDP HBP SH Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="26"SF Intentional Bases on Balls
First tracked in 1955.')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="27"IBB Position
’*’ indicates position played in 2/3rds of team games,
’/’ less than 10 games played.')" align=left table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="28"Pos

Jason Kendall 35 134 526 452 48 109 19 2 2 43 7 2 46 58 .241 .331 .305 .636 70 138 11 17 6 5 6 *2

  John Buck 28 59 202 186 16 46 12 4 8 36 1 1 13 55 .247 .299 .484 .782 104 90 2 1 1 1 0 2/D

Brayan Peña 27 64 183 165 17 45 10 0 6 18 0 0 12 18 .273 .318 .442 .761 100 73 5 0 4 2 2 2/D

Miguel Olivo 30 114 416 390 51 97 15 5 23 65 5 2 19 126 .249 .292 .490 .781 103 191 10 5 1 1 0 2/D

Buck apparently had some defensive issues in his comeback, but both Olivo (with his 10 passed balls) and he make over $2 million a season, making possibly one or the other expendable. Peña makes minimal money in his first extensive major league playing time. The errorless Peña originally had no future in Atlanta, with young Brian McCann established there as an All-Star slugging catcher. One caveat with having the 5'-11" and 220 lb. Peña bat the 7th spot in the Milwaukee order- ahead of Alcides Escobar- is whether Peña (2009 projected out .273-15-46) would be an RBI guy for the middle of the order or an impediment on the base paths ahead of the fast Escobar. Other abilities by Peña would have projected out to 10 sac bunts and 5 sac flies, as much as more than Kendall. The younger Peña has an opportunity to enter his prime as a 30-point OPS+ improvement over Kendall.

If Ken Macha was only batting Escobar 8th in the order to end 2009 as a means of keeping pressure off the youngster, it was well thought out that his speed could potentially steal bases and not worry about taking the bat out of a pitcher's hands. Pitchers could then bunt him over. If Brayan Peña fits the classic chunky/dumpy catcher mold of a Yadier Molina or Johnny Estrada, it may be worth having him as an RBI-type guy batting 8th behind the 7-spot speedier Escobar and let pitchers bunt the slower catcher over. Whther this could affect what a Peña sees for pitches though, remains to be seen, something that didn't seem to faze Escobar much. [Thanks to baseball-reference.com for stat lines.]