catcher Stories - Over the Monster
Saltalamacchia and Varitek: Best Catcher(s) in Baseball? The Answer May Surprise You.
In the world of fantasy baseball, no position is more vexing than catcher. Brian McCann, whose numbers would be impressive at any position, and Victor Martinez, an everyday DH who hits between a pair of All-Stars in Miguel Cabrera and Jhonny Peralta, are head and shoulders above everyone else. With...
Corky Miller Is Slightly More Useful Than a Pitchback
The White Sox reached a couple of milestone seconds (as in not firsts) with their victory over the Indians Tuesday night. They won a game in which they allowed more than three runs for just the second time this year, and Corky Miller, the non-Thome/bullpen hero of the game, recorded the Sox'...
Off Day WAR: The Best And Worst Seasons By Mets Catchers
Sean Smith's wins above replacement (WAR) database provides the WAR of every position player from 1955-2008. Since the Mets have been in existence since 1962, we are able to determine just how valuable every Met player's performance has been, according to this statistic. With some help from...
AJ Pierzynski is the White Sox' Worst Contract?
So Tim Dierkes, of mlbtraderumors.com, decided to stretch his beat a bit and move into player value analysis with a list of the 45 worst current contracts in baseball. He limited his list to those contracts which are worth more than $15 million. Now, anyone with an ounce of sense could come up with...
Who's on Catcher?
It’s Sunday and, for White Sox fans, that conjures up images of the "Sunday Lineup", in which Ozzie empties his bench and shuffles his lineup. A usual cornerstone of such lineups is AJ Pierzynski getting a deserved day off and the backup catcher getting the start. Finding a suitable backup...
Brian Schneider a good fit for the Red Sox?
According to Jon Heyman, the Mets are willing to trade some of their catching talent, including Brian Schneider who the Red Sox have previously had interest in: There are indications the Mets might consider overhauling their catching situation. While the Mets haven't spoken publicly about any...
Best Catchers of 2008
Other positions: 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | DH | LF | CF | RF Like I did last year, I'm going to spend the few two weeks discussing the top ten players at each position based on 2008 performances. This year I'm using Justin's stats, which have all the nice features of the home-brewed stats I...
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