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Originally Posted by pseudofool
Plenty of catcher move off the position later, but I've never heard of a case of moving a player off the position when he's still prospect to save his body. If that was the case, Piazza, Mauer etc., wouldn't catch a game.
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I don't have a good answer for that regarding Clement. Maybe Craig Biggio, and BJ Surhoff as examples? I could be wrong too.
I'd imagine that they believe that the positive of the offensive value outweighs the negative of damage to their body at the catcher position.
The idea of maximize their value as catchers until their body gives.