These are good points, but the fact that somebody who plays on both sides of the ball has a higher WAR than someone who does not does not disprove my submission that for non CF, SS - the bat is more important than the glove. I use to think catchers too, but I kind of feel like changes have cut down on the value of a good defensive catcher as framing isnt as important as it use to be and catchers arent really calling pitches anymore. I still see a lot of value in being the pitchers caddy in a way and controlling the running game. But I think Catcher has fallen to third in terms of most important position defensively and the gap between C and the top two (SS, CF) has widened.