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Catcher defensive ratings - 7/26/2006 7:44:50 AM

Hitandrun

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A question for all you Puresim veterans: Which do you think is the more important rating for a catcher: hands or range? What do these mean as far as catching is concerned?

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RE: Catcher defensive ratings - 7/26/2006 7:59:48 AM

PadresFan104

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Good question. The only catcher rating I pay attention to is arm....

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RE: Catcher defensive ratings - 7/26/2006 8:54:16 AM

Amaroq

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Heh - its a great question, and I have *no* idea.

I am fairly certain that 'hands' plays into
- ability to catch fly balls
- ability to avoid 'passed balls'
- ability to avoid an error on a sacrifice bunt or slow roller

I would suspect 'range' plays into
- ability to reach fly balls
- ability to change a successful 'bunt for hit' into an out
- ability to change a successful 'sacrifice' into a retire-the-lead-runner play
- ability to reach a 'wild pitch' and 'save' it.
The only thing I'm positive it actually achieves is the first.

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RE: Catcher defensive ratings - 7/26/2006 4:22:21 PM

rowech

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All I look at is arm.

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RE: Catcher defensive ratings - 7/26/2006 4:41:26 PM

Deltadog

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Wouldn't range also effect the ability to prevent passed balls. If a catcher moves better to block a pitch in the dirt it would seem that he would be less likely to be charged with a passed ball that one who cannot move that well. A pitch in the dirt might be considered a wild pitch, but you never know with score keepers