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Originally Posted by Boomcoach
I think someone ran a bunch of sims using baseline defensive players vs top level players and Catcher was 3rd in importance behind SS and CF. This was in OOTP and in the regular game not PT, but I think the sim engine should be pretty much the same.
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Catcher defense seems to be one of his things that is really hard to get a handle on. I have seen people run simulations on the OOTP boards using great defensive catchers and poor defense catchers and tell the truth it was not clear what the effect was. I know that for example defense is not directly related to Catcher ERA. A guy who is a 100 catcher will not always have a better CERA than a guy who plays 50 defense. But there are so many factors to take into account… The defense behind the pitcher, the type of pitcher himself, the ballpark he plays in,… I don’t know if I have seen a study where someone removes all the variables except catcher D.
I guess to summarize: I would like to think that catcher defense is very important, but I don’t really know. And unlike hitting, it seems very difficult to quantify.