Drew Butera

Who would have thought that Drew Butera would have emerged from the scrap heap of backup Catchers in Spring Training to hold down the fort until A.J. Ellis came back from the Disabled List? Tim Federowicz struggled at the plate and Drew Butera stepped up with Miguel Olivo as his backup. Butera has already tied his season homerun high with 2 including an extra inning game winner a couple of weeks ago and it looks like he has won the backup job for the rest of the season. Several Catchers in major league history have made nice careers out of being backup catchers with the most famous of those being Bob Uecker.