Mets defense at catcher will be an upgrade with Barajas signing.

The Mets had to give Rod a major league deal to sign him but the Mets will now have a solid defensive core behind the plate.

The Mets will more then likely give Barajas the starting job while 38 year old Henry Blanco will be the backup. Blanco will also probably spend some time catching Johan Santana since he done that in the past. In 2004 blanco was part of the 2004 twins . The year Johan won one of his Cy Youngs.

The Mets now have 2 very good defensive catchers behind the plate.
Barajas threw out 34 percent of would-be base-stealers (27-for-80) last season. Blanco nailed 40 percent (18-for-45) with the Padres.

Omir Santos now will be relagated to back up Josh Thole in Triple AAA which also will have Chris Coste.