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BIG17EASY · 12-10-2012, 01:01 PM

Instead of making general observations, let's try to find the data that exists.

Looking through BR's list of 2012 transactions, I count eight catchers who spent time in the big leagues in 2012 who were traded between April 1 and Sept. 30. Teams traditionally carry two catchers on the active roster, so that's roughly 60 catchers in the big leagues on most days (not counting expanded September rosters), figure teams average two other catchers on the 40-man (or 60-day DL) throughout the season, so that brings us to approximately 120 big league catchers. So if eight were traded, that's 6.7 percent of the big league catchers were traded at some point last season.

Obviously I'm guess-timating on the exact amount of catchers who spent time on a 40-man roster, but I think I'm in the ballpark. Now, rather than debating an observation made on a whim, we can debate whether that 6.7 percent is a high rate, low rate or about what we'd expect.

12-10-2012, 01:01 PM	#17
BIG17EASY Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,291	Instead of making general observations, let's try to find the data that exists. Looking through BR's list of 2012 transactions, I count eight catchers who spent time in the big leagues in 2012 who were traded between April 1 and Sept. 30. Teams traditionally carry two catchers on the active roster, so that's roughly 60 catchers in the big leagues on most days (not counting expanded September rosters), figure teams average two other catchers on the 40-man (or 60-day DL) throughout the season, so that brings us to approximately 120 big league catchers. So if eight were traded, that's 6.7 percent of the big league catchers were traded at some point last season. Obviously I'm guess-timating on the exact amount of catchers who spent time on a 40-man roster, but I think I'm in the ballpark. Now, rather than debating an observation made on a whim, we can debate whether that 6.7 percent is a high rate, low rate or about what we'd expect.