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Originally Posted by pseudofool
To add, if defense matters so little why did Seattle give up on Jeff Clement as a catcher? How many players have started out as catchers but had to move because they couldn't hack it behind the plate. One would figure that if it was the least important defensive position that teams would stash their best hitter and poorest fielder there, yet so many teams carry no-hit catchers and even play them every day.
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Because the position destroys the body?