Apparently, the new market inefficiency is backup catchers. The Tigers got another one today when they signed Brayan Pena to a one year deal to backup Alex Avila.

Prior to this deal the Tigers were short on backup catchers. They only had Holaday, Cabrera, and McCann. Everyone needs four backup catchers.

I kid. This deal costs them nothing, so it’s not a bad move. But like, man, how many backups do we need?

Here are Pena’s numbers for his career:

Nothing much to look at here. Not a hitter. Not a fielder. He’s a backup catcher and not a great one. But good backup catchers are getting two years deals this season (Laird and Ross). I’d have gone with Holaday from the start, but there’s no harm in this move.