Can he play catcher eventually? Topic

I have a guy who projects as a quality ML hitter, but defensively he projects to: 9 / 20 / 61 / 70 / 48.  (I'd paste him here but I can't seem to get the pasting to work.)

Would you dare to play a catcher with those numbers if his bat is really good?  Or would he give up more runs than he'd save with the 48 pitch calling?  Would love to think of him as a catcher but he may be stuck at DH because he clearly can't play anywhere else.

9/16/2015 6:21 PM
RF.  Mike will bump a thread for you
9/16/2015 7:13 PM
Depends - on him and on the rest of your team - whether his bat is good enough to be worth living with mediocre catching or some extra minus plays in RF.

I've used a guy who goes 12/26/66/66/44.  We play in a pitcher's park, Portland, and last season we led the league in all major pitching categories while the catcher won a silver slugger.

This season he backslid a little, so I moved him out to RF and put a "real" catcher behind the plate.  The new C has a CERA 0.9 runs lower, and CS% 90 points higher.  (Could be the pitchers regressing to norm, though.)

In RF, the former C is playing maybe a little worse than the guy who was there before.  One more error, one more minus play, ten points lower in RF.
9/16/2015 7:33 PM
Hardball Dynasty – Fantasy Baseball Sim Games - Player Profile: Carlos Johnson is being used in a pitcher's park against RH.   I wouldn't do it in a hitter's park.   He wasn't horrible and he can hit.
9/16/2015 8:32 PM
Can he play catcher eventually? Topic

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