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#926
#926
GregAmsler said:
I like our bullpen. Some guys like Evans, Fitzgibbons, McCracken, and Fanning will develop, and we get the JUCO + a couple of highly regarded freshmen.

It's the Catcher position I'm worried about.
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Trusting Tony and Frank will Belzona over any weak spots…
 
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#927
#927
GregAmsler said:
I like our bullpen. Some guys like Evans, Fitzgibbons, McCracken, and Fanning will develop, and we get the JUCO + a couple of highly regarded freshmen.

It's the Catcher position I'm worried about.
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Hard to have enough leftie pitching.

But, catcher is admittedly the key need. Even though, I bet Charlie Taylor hits over .250 next year.
 
#931
#931
GregAmsler said:
I like our bullpen. Some guys like Evans, Fitzgibbons, McCracken, and Fanning will develop, and we get the JUCO + a couple of highly regarded freshmen.

It's the Catcher position I'm worried about.
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Sounds like Dickey wants to claim it. If TV brings Skenes on board, might be best to wait until the portal is closed.
 
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#937
#937
Jax_Vol said:
Hard to have enough leftie pitching.

But, catcher is admittedly the key need. Even though, I bet Charlie Taylor hits over .250 next year.
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Not worried about the bat; we need a catcher for defensive purposes. We can not allow a walk to end up at second or third because we can not throw runners out on attempted steals.
 
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#938
VOLINVONORE said:
Not worried about the bat; we need a catcher for defensive purposes. We can not allow a walk to end up at second or third because we can not throw runners out on attempted steals.
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Agreed, but the "Evan Russell" issue was also a bit exaggerated this past season. He wasn't elite behind the plate, but he was certainly fine, and a good portion of our failure to throw guys out had to do with pitchers being slow to home plate. People like to just point the blame at Evan a lot, but Burns and Dolly need to work this off-season on getting a bit faster to home.
 
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#939
TheMookieMonster said:
Agreed, but the "Evan Russell" issue was also a bit exaggerated this past season. He wasn't elite behind the plate, but he was certainly fine, and a good portion of our failure to throw guys out had to do with pitchers being slow to home plate. People like to just point the blame at Evan a lot, but Burns and Dolly need to work this off-season on getting a bit faster to home.
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Fine. He did a pretty good job at receiving the pitches, not many pass balls, but he seldom threw the baseball close to the base on attempted steals. I don't believe he will make a living at the catcher position.
 
#940
#940
VOLINVONORE said:
Fine. He did a pretty good job at receiving the pitches, not many pass balls, but he seldom threw the baseball close to the base on attempted steals. I don't believe he will make a living at the catcher position.
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Well, I never said he would "make a living" as the overwhelming majority of players don't make it to the Major Leagues. Just pointing out there was a lot of huff and puff about Russell, but he wasn't the only reason teams stole bags so easily.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
Well, I never said he would "make a living" as the overwhelming majority of players don't make it to the Major Leagues. Just pointing out there was a lot of huff and puff about Russell, but he wasn't the only reason teams stole bags so easily.
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I can steal off Burns.

Hopefully, this summer, he is adding a slide step or reduced leg kick.
 
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#942
VOLINVONORE said:
Not worried about the bat; we need a catcher for defensive purposes. We can not allow a walk to end up at second or third because we can not throw runners out on attempted steals.
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It's not all on the catcher. Pitchers need a better slide step to the plate. Half a second is a lot when it comes to stealing a base .
 
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#943
TheMookieMonster said:
Well, I never said he would "make a living" as the overwhelming majority of players don't make it to the Major Leagues. Just pointing out there was a lot of huff and puff about Russell, but he wasn't the only reason teams stole bags so easily.
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It is OK to admit that we had a problem veery now and then in a lot of our sports' teams. Catching is the second most important position on a baseball team and we need some better play a that position. That is public knowledge and we should be able to improve the defensive aspect of the position.
 
#944
#944
VOLINVONORE said:
It is OK to admit that we had a problem veery now and then in a lot of our sports' teams. Catching is the second most important position on a baseball team and we need some better play a that position. That is public knowledge and we should be able to improve the defensive aspect of the position.
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I mean, I have said a number of times in the past that catching was an issue and we need to get it fixed. So, I know this. I'm just simply expressing my opinion that the blame doesn't solely rest there. There are several avenues in which we can shore up this deficiency next season!
 
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#947
VOLINVONORE said:
Fine. He did a pretty good job at receiving the pitches, not many pass balls, but he seldom threw the baseball close to the base on attempted steals. I don't believe he will make a living at the catcher position.
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Most of those steals would have been successful if 1987 Benito Santiago had been behind the plate. They were stealing on our pitchers.

I am worried about having a bat at catcher. Taylor is fine defensively, but we can’t have an automatic out in the lineup.
 
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#948
#948
GregAmsler said:
I like our bullpen. Some guys like Evans, Fitzgibbons, McCracken, and Fanning will develop, and we get the JUCO + a couple of highly regarded freshmen.

It's the Catcher position I'm worried about.
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Taylor is a good defensive catcher. He doesn't hit, but defense is more important. We'll be okay if he's our catcher. But I still want an upgrade, of course.
 
#949
#949
GregAmsler said:
Most of those steals would have been successful if 1987 Benito Santiago had been behind the plate. They were stealing on our pitchers.

I am worried about having a bat at catcher. Taylor is fine defensively, but we can’t have an automatic out in the lineup.
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I disagree with this, respectfully, of course.
 
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