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    MLB’s Best and Worst Catchers at Framing Pitches - Bloomberg Sports

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    posted 11 hours ago by Jim Furtado to defense, pitch framing, sabermetrics  |  1 comment(s)

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    1. Edmundo got dem ol' Kozma blues again mama  posted on November 18, 2012 at 10:39 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    His closet competition in the American League was Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista

    The author left off the obligatory "Not that there's anything wrong with that".
    2. BDC  posted on November 18, 2012 at 11:23 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Oh, for the Tigers. I was thinking from the headline "all-time, for all players," which would have been nonsense.

    But for the Tigers, sure, Cabrera is right up there. Aside from Cobb, probably the only two other Tiger hitters as good, relative to league, over several seasons, were Heilmann and Greenberg – and their best years are not continuous. (Heilmann would famously win the batting title predictably every other year.)

    Best Tiger single season ever by either RBat or BtRuns is still Norm Cash, 1961.

    3. Cooper Nielson posted on November 18, 2012 at 11:52 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    "Miquel"? Come on.
    4. KT's Pot Arb posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:49 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Miggy is very good at batting runs, winning awards, and pretty bad at everything else.
    5. Bhaakon posted on November 18, 2012 at 01:02 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Miggy is very good at batting runs, winning awards, and pretty bad at everything else.


    If you can only pick one marketable skill to be good at, hitting a baseball has got to be near the top of the list.
    6. Pasta-diving Jeter (jmac66) posted on November 18, 2012 at 01:10 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    If you can only pick one marketable skill to be good at, hitting a baseball has got to be near the top of the list.

    just Miggy being Miggy
    7. KT's Pot Arb posted on November 18, 2012 at 01:55 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Hitting is the most visually obvious (and entertaining) evidence of excellence in baseball.
    8. Greg (U)K posted on November 18, 2012 at 03:08 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Hitting is the most visually obvious (and entertaining) evidence of excellence in baseball.

    This brings to mind Dylan Moran's analysis of the phrase, "Sure she's attractive, but in such an obvious way".
    9. tiger337 posted on November 18, 2012 at 03:50 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Hitting is Cabrera's only skill, but he is really really good at that. If they gave a three-year MVP award, I'd choose him. Anyway, as a Tigers blogger, I had to write a positive article about Cabrera after spending so much time trying to convince fellow Tigers fans that Trout was the MVP.
    10. Walt Davis posted on November 18, 2012 at 04:39 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    It's a pretty impressive total. Pujols has just one run that beats it; Bonds doesn't have one until 2000-2002. McGwire doesn't have one; Sosa ties him from 2000-2. Edgar doesn't do it, Thomas had an amazing run from 91-97 but never quite beats him in any 3 years. Wow, Giambi from 2000-2 (was there something in the water?) put up 214!

    Oh crap! I was using Rbat not BatRuns. Grrr! Cabrera's last 3 years in Rbat is just 172 and lots of folks beat that. I knew that list didn't make sense. BatRuns is too annoying to check but (as an example) Giambi had 230 of those in that run.
    11. Hello Rusty Kuntz, Goodbye Rusty Cars posted on November 19, 2012 at 12:58 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Miggy is very good at batting runs, winning awards, and pretty bad at everything else.


    He has a high tolerance for alcohol. I'd guess he has a high tolerance for cheeseburgers too.
    12. The District Attorney posted on November 19, 2012 at 01:16 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Giambi from 2000-2 (was there something in the water?)
    Kind of...

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