When will Josh Willingham be given a chance at catcher? After all, he is supposed to be the catcher of the future. Does anyone have a clue. I'd very much like to see what he's capable of.

He doesn't have much experience at catcher, honestly I don't know if I could trust him there at the Major League level right now. Maybe if he had another year under his belt at the position.

yeah, i think people underestimate what's involved in being a catcher. the reason that there are so few solid-hitting catchers out there is that it's more important for a team to have a solid defensive catcher than a solid offensive catcher.

 

more to the point, you can't let a guy "work the kinks out" at that position. if the guy doesn't know what he's doing, you'd have baserunners stealing bases all over the place.

I think the team is satisfied with Red and Treanor right now.

yeah, i think people underestimate what's involved in being a catcher. the reason that there are so few solid-hitting catchers out there is that it's more important for a team to have a solid defensive catcher than a solid offensive catcher.

 

more to the point, you can't let a guy "work the kinks out" at that position. if the guy doesn't know what he's doing, you'd have baserunners stealing bases all over the place.

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Baserunners already are stealing all over the place. The staff needs to learn to hold runners. :thumbdown