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What happens to Taylor Teagarden

So I'm curious to hear what others think about Taylor Teagarden's future. He's getting extremely sporadic playing time (only 57 PA so far) down in Texas right now, which can't be good for his development. He's also year and a half older than Saltalamacchia, but reportedly the significantly better defender and it's not like Salty has been some kind of world beater in the past year and a half (he currently has a lesser wOBA than such luminaries as Kenji Johjima, Brad Ausmus, and Miguel Olivo). I'm aware that Teagarden hasn't been great offensively either, but I'm inclined to chalk some of that up to "young catcher with long swing getting extremely sporadic playing time in first taste of the majors".

What is Teagarden's future? Does he become a starter? Does Texas hang onto him and stunt his development? Does he get traded for help at the deadline? Was he always going to be a career backup anyways? (I find that last one hard to believe given his great glove and decent patience/power combo).

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