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Originally Posted by BarneyRubble
This is reasonable thinking. However, what other player on the team is involved in EVERY single play, not just balls in play, but EVERY pitch. Other position players stand around most of the game. 
That said, I value good catchers and prefer a platoon if I can find the right players. I don't seek after HOF catchers because of their 'normally' short careers. |
True. Spoken like a former catcher. When my youngest son took up catching in Little League, it totally changed my focus as a doting parent. At any other position (except, of course, pitcher), I could wait for the crack of the bat, and look to see if the ball was hit to (or near; or by; or through) my kid. And after the game, amazing how beat up he was from blocking pitches in the dirt, squatting in the heat, chasing pops. As an OF, for me it was truly a lot of standing around, waiting for something to happen.