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Originally Posted by jbergey22
I hope your kidding!
Mike Piazza in his prime was getting stole on 110+ times a year. Joe Mauer between 25-50. Thats atleast 60 extra bases a year not even including passed balls and wild pitches. What other position can have that much impact?
Im not even going to get into to a guy like Varitek who knows how to handle pitchers better than anyone in the game.
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I would take Mike Piazza in his prime over any catcher in history. He was an offensive force made even better by offensve standards at his posistion.
And there is zero statistical evidence about a catchers ability to 'call' a game having any effect at all on a teams ability to prevent runs.