R. A Dickey has one of the lowest stolen bases allowed rates in baseball history and he mostly pitches to Thole. I'll let you guys figure why Hutch oth struggles with the same catcher
You guys do know that it's the pitcher that matters more when it comes to preventing stolen bases? Hutch is just too damn slow to the plate and he doesn't have a good pickoff move that holds runners close to the plate.
Think about why Dickey is so good at preventing SB's when pitching to the same catcher
I'm such a horrible person, when I first heard of this my first thought was, hey the Colabello problem solved itself.
I do feel sorry for him though, it's tough, hope he comes back strong
I'm not sure Colabello is better defensively than EE, he just looks slightly more competent than last year but that doesn't mean his defence is even a consideration when considering keeping him
Bautista will throw a fit and Gibbons is too afraid of him to force the move on him. Shapiro and Atkins will have to step in but would they want to get into a fight with Bautista right now?
That's a big challenge Shapiro and Atkins have right now, rebuilding the depth on the 40 man and in BUF so we don't feel compelled to carry these bums.
Smoak is K'ing more than 50% of the time and doesn't have an extra base hit, he's no more a solution than Colabello. Get rid of them both along with Carrerra, call up Pompey and get the best bench bat available.
People really don't understand how workloads of catchers is differeny from other positions. Look at how other catchers are treated, the only guy who plays almost everyday is Sal Perez. If anything, if you look a the workloads of catchers comparable to Martin (like McCann) we're working him too hard already
No he can't, Martin should catch around 120 games and that's pushing it, maybe a few DH appearances but he needs rest, so pinch hitting and playing 3rd(?) would be too much workload given his age and injury history