Another interesting article: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-latest-r-a-dickey-experiment/
As predicted, Thole is useless. Edit: Thank god he was optioned.
I'd also prefer Navarro be traded, he makes way too much to be backup but that doesn't look like it's going to happen. Thole is a fine backup, but there's no way I want him on the roster if we already have Martin and Navarro.
He decided to move towards the ball and attempted to take it on a short hop, instead of waiting back and making the easy play. It wasn't 10 feet, you're right.
That's exactly what I'm saying. That ball was thrown perfectly to be caught on the hop. No short hop, no in between hop, yet he tries running out 10 feet and drops to his knees, watch the replay