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Tuesday, January 30, 2007 |
Chris Constancio's List Of Top Young Catchers
Chris Constancio at Hardball Times has an interesting list of young catchers near or at their primes; included there is the Dodgers' own Russ Martin, and the Angels' Hank Conger and Jeff Mathis (but not Mike Napoli, interestingly).
Comments:
I hadn't looked at Napoli's stats for awhile. Since the batting average bottomed out, I guess I had a tendency to shrug a bit. But then you consider: 16 HRs, 42 RBIs and 47 runs in 268 ABs...while being an impressive defender and maintaining a .360 OBP.
It's nothing to shrug at, even if pitchers made adjustments after the ASB. The second half was unlikely entirely predictive of future trends. If we could find a consistent player somewhere between Nap's peaks and valleys, you're still looking at getting 20+ HRs/75 RBIs from a good defensive catcher over 450 ABs.
It's nothing to shrug at, even if pitchers made adjustments after the ASB. The second half was unlikely entirely predictive of future trends. If we could find a consistent player somewhere between Nap's peaks and valleys, you're still looking at getting 20+ HRs/75 RBIs from a good defensive catcher over 450 ABs.
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