The catching?

[Lucienbel]

Hopefully the Sox will smarten him up and pack Salty off to some team looking for a "catcher". If not we will see more of what we saw last year....remembering that the way Salty gives Targets, frames pitches, just plain receives the ball is just the tip of the iceberg with Salty.

 

We have those memorable occasions when he actually forgets to cover home. We have those two games in a row that he lost by simply being unable to make a play on a ball thrown in to home plate last year...could not even catch the damned thing....never mind make a tag. There are so many reasons to off Salty that you could have a tread just on that topic.

 

Focusing on one of them like how he handles the pitchers misses the point. My first post in this thread stated that Salty IMO represents the worst combination of defense and handling battery mate duties of any front line catcher in MLB and that is why the Sox should off him. What the hell do they think they are losing, offing Salty and catching Lavs?

 

Pretty sure people thought someone got shot next door when he literally dropped the ball in that Seattle game. Lots of screaming at the TV that night.

[Dojji]

I do not take issue with your complaints on Salty. You understand baseball better then I do. I just can't stand the stat picking with a couple pitchers without looking at all of them and looking at other factors.

 

Indeed. There's a difference between a statistical analysis of all involved factors, and a witch hunt. If you're ignoring factors that play against your point rather than adjusting your thinking on the basis of those factors, that would be a witch hunt.