Comments on: Top 20 Catchers for 2009 Fantasy Baseball

By: Fred Barker

Fred Barker — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:38:18 +0000

Review of Napoli spot on. From May 9 thru Sep 5 his SLG was .364.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:31:10 +0000

Another good comment on the worth of catchers. Slowly I’m learning the value of catchers isn’t very good. Melvin Mora did have a fantastic July though for what it’s worth and he had 5 kids at once so he’s more motivated than McCann. Bad comparison by you.

By: Doug Ault

Doug Ault — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:02:51 +0000

Would Taylor “I beg your pardon,I never promised you a” Teagarden.be too long a nick?

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:43:37 +0000

@big o: Ha! Yeah, um, don't take that line out of context now. @Steve: Nice!

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:17:04 +0000

@Grey: He actually went with the first pick of the 16th . I took Capps first, just to make Weiters look a slightly bigger steal.

By: big o

big o — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:53:22 +0000

@Grey:
the last line of your response to bfadds (#6 above) has me wondering what the hell is going on out there in california .

let me give you some father-in-law-ly advice .
either bring my daughter back home,
or, tell me you’re going to school to be a doctor.

don’t tell me that you’re going to give up your writing career .
that was the one good thing that i liked about you.

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:55:38 +0000

@Steve: Ha!

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:54:36 +0000

@Grey: Hey! 1000! Not really a blockbuster, but I'm not big on milestones. Just jogging quietly to first, that's me.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:52:36 +0000

@Grey: He hasn’t yet. I”m hoping he goes with the last pick of the 15th

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:48:19 +0000

@Eric W: You might be right, but as long as you don't reach too high for him, he could pay off. Catcher's a good position to take a flier on because even the best ones aren't that great. It's just a matter when you draft him. @Steve: You better make your next comment count. It'll be 1000. When did Wieters go?

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:33:47 +0000

@Steve: Ha! Someone just grabbed Sandoval at the start of the 15th.

By: Eric W

Eric W — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:31:43 +0000

@Steve: nope not me

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:18:05 +0000

@Eric W: Are you reddsoxx over at the slow draft that hippo and I are doing?

By: Eric W

Eric W — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:10:11 +0000

Matt Wieters hasn’t caught a inning above double A be prepared to be dissapointed with him hell J.R. Towles put up great offensive numbers in AA to.

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:48:45 +0000

@Freak: The nice thing about these catchers is their ability to slug. I warned people last year that Towles was a bit too light hitting. With that said, two of the three young catchers will probably flameout, but you can always grab a Laird or Flores on waivers.

By: Freak

Freak — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:42:52 +0000

what are the chances wieters, clement and teagarden end up like that schmohawk from houston last year?

what was his name? towels?

By: IowaCubs

IowaCubs — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:50:10 +0000

@Grey: WORD

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:50:26 +0000

@Tony Y: I think if you can get Wieters in the 12th round, it's a steal. In 12 team leagues, you might have to reach in the tenth round for him, especially in a keeper. If he's there in the 12th round, grab him. Otherwise, you should be fine with Iannetta around the same place. If you see Wieters drafted, then grab Iannetta with your next pick before someone else does. Unless Wieters goes too early where it makes no sense to grab Iannetta. EDIT: Missing word. Word.

By: Tony Y

Tony Y — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:41:09 +0000

How early is too early on Weiters? H2H 12 team league, keep two each year so he’s def’ly not going to be kept…. I will not take a catcher early, so no SOTO, no mauer, No mCcaNN, and If victor falls to the 8th round I MIGHT take him, but no earlier….. 12th round too early? I think Weiters or Iannetta are gonna be my dude this year, just gotta wait and see….

By: IowaCubs

IowaCubs — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:12:05 +0000

@Rudy Gamble: i love it when a plan comes together. @Grey: That's probably what the projectionists are saying, and why he's projected to have a BABIP of .340 or so. Oh well... I'll pass.

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:54:00 +0000

@big o: Hehe. @bfadds: The Angels always seem to be in the hunt because of their weak division and their pitching. I don't think that's going to necessarily change in 2009. Down the road, I'll be looking at Wood more in-depth too. @IowaCubs: His line drive rate actually makes me think he can sustain a BABIP that's a bit higher than the norm, but you could be right. Either way, he's not going to be on one of my teams. (Inner monologue, "Maybe he will if Cubs fans are even down on him.")

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:52:43 +0000

@IowaCubs: Like anyone is going to fall for your ploy to knock Soto's value down so you can snag him in a Razzball reader draft. @Grey: Just to provide some counterbalance....Hate much on Mauer? You know I like to punt on catchers but you're focusing too much on HR/SB. Mauer's R/RBI/AVG are really good for a catcher. The Marcel and CHONE Point Shares back up that he's projected to outperform McCann...Cust kayin'

By: IowaCubs

IowaCubs — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:33:00 +0000

One more thing… I doubt he’ll repeat his AB’s from last season of 494. That’s a huge workload for a catcher compared to his minor league average of 330 ab per season.

By: IowaCubs

IowaCubs — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:19:17 +0000

Don’t overdraft for Soto.

He’s totally unsustainable at a BABIP of .337. This would be great for me as a Cubs fan if he could keep that up, but sadly he can’t. If that drops to the mean of .300, then you’re totally screwed. When his BABIP drops, so does his OBP, which means fewer runs and RBI even if they bat him 5th in the lineup (as they’re talking about doing).

As much as it pains me to say this about my homeboy who I watched play in Des Moines for three years, he’s not going to keep that BABIP up. I trust the CHONE projection of 56/17/73/.271. That makes him basically Bengie Molina.

I think it totally sucks that you left out Henry Blanco or Paul Bako, but whatever.

By: bfadds

bfadds — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:43:40 +0000

I agree with just about every rank on this list Grey. I would probably value Ianetta a bit higher because of the Coors factor (not to mention there’s probably a good number of owners who soured on him two years ago).

I also came to the same conclusion about Napoli. I don’t think it’s going to be him “splitting-time” that causes a problem with his Bill James projections… more so the fact that he seems to get hurt all the time. I was actually thinking about it the other day, but don’t you think that the Angels will want to take some risks on guys who have been productive (as slugging% goes, anyway) in limited ABs like Napoli and Brandon Wood now that they’ve missed out on Teixeira? Re-upping on J. Rivera also virtually eliminates any chance of signing Manny to DH… I just feel like they’re going to look to their young mashers to try and fill some voids left in their offensive production.

By: big o

big o — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:09:30 +0000

this ranks right up there among your best work .
i actually read the whole thing .
well , maybe not the player-ranking part .

well , i have to go and rent a movie now , but before i leave ,
take it easy on snyder .
he’s lucky he can still even drink water.