Other than stolen bases, which I addressed a few weeks ago, very little has been published on catcher’s fielding numbers. Tom Tango first conceived his WOWY technique in studying catchers. Now I’ve extended my stolen base study back to the beginning of the current RetroSheet in 1953, and...

A lot of fantasy baseball players seem to be rooting for Taylor Teagarden to beat out the Rangers' two other young catchers for the starting job in 2009. I'm not. Although he arguably has the most power (Max Ramirez fans could reasonably disagree), he's the oldest of the three (25 years old) and has...

PLAYER TEAM $$$ Mccann Brian ATL 18.85 Martin Russell LAN 18.3 Soto Geovany CHN 15.13 Doumit Ryan PIT 11.22 Iannetta Christopher COL 10.21 Molina Ben SFN 8.14 Snyder Chris ARI 6.83 Flores Jesus WAS 6.56 Towles J.R. HOU 5.95 Molina Yadier SLN 5.93 Hernandez Ramon CIN 5.89 Hundley Nicholas SDN 4.53 Ba...

Here is a tentative look at my catcher rankings and dollar values for a two-catcher 12-team mixed league.  These will definitely be tweaked plenty before draft day. I used 20 games for eligibility, so Pablo Sandoval (11 games caught) did not make the cut.  If he had, he'd be just below the...

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I had a really tough time naming this particular post. The point that I am trying to convey isn’t that the three players on this list are bad baseball players or that you shouldn’t draft them. I’m not trying to tell you that they’ll flop like the fish from that Faith No More ...

Today’s pitch count is 8. When the Giants signed Jesus Guzman away from the A’s, they guaranteed him an invitation to spring training. In 415 minor league at-bats last season, Guzman batted .349/.404/.545 with 26 doubles and 17 home runs. He tore up the Venezuelan League recently and if he c...

Flotsam and Jetsam Miscellaneous thoughts and observations. If I had a Hall of Fame vote - I'd vote for Rickey Henderson, Jim Rice and Andre Dawson.... Terence Stamp (probably best remembered as Sir Larry Wildman in the movie Wall Street) has a brother Chris who was a long time manager of the rock b...

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Everyone has been screaming for rankings. I wanted to wait for a while, but I’m also tired of being harassed. Remember that it’s December 30th, and this list will surely change by the time the season starts. Also note that every team has at least one catcher on this list, some teams two....