Apparently Caratini is going to be the back up C

Diehardfan said:

I surely hope it happens in less than 5 years.....I don't blame the catchers at all, it's the dumbass umpires that allow themselves to get sucked into it. If these pompous asses would take a few minutes and watch one of their games on replay they'd see how foolish they look....but they're way too full of themselves to do that.

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fatbeard said:

This is an asinine take. The problem has nothing to do with umps being egotistical and everything to do with physics and human physiology. No human being, standing where an ump stands, can reliably discern borderline balls from strikes. Just like hitters, they lose accurate sight of the ball as it gets closer to them--the human eye cannot track an object that fast, that close. That's why pitch framing works, because it makes borderline balls appear as strikes after the fact. You can have them watch all the film in the world and they'll still never improve from where they are now (10-20% of calls incorrect).

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Parade_Rain said:

I'd consider having Caratini getting MLB reps to showcase his bat for a possible trade, if needed.

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fatbeard said:

This is an asinine take. The problem has nothing to do with umps being egotistical and everything to do with physics and human physiology. No human being, standing where an ump stands, can reliably discern borderline balls from strikes. Just like hitters, they lose accurate sight of the ball as it gets closer to them--the human eye cannot track an object that fast, that close. That's why pitch framing works, because it makes borderline balls appear as strikes after the fact. You can have them watch all the film in the world and they'll still never improve from where they are now (10-20% of calls incorrect).

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Diehardfan said:

What difference does it make? Whether they take the easy way out by locking in on the catcher's glove or legitimately just can't follow the pitch....the ball/strike calls have been in decline for years. The tech is there, it's time to get their asses out from behind the plate. The big bonus is that games will be consistently called with a predetermined zone and not a zone that changes with every umpire.

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anotheridiot said:

I would rather have our pitchers thowing strikes than our catchers stealing strikes.

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chibears55 said:

Id prefer a pitcher who has great control of their pitches and can hit their target..

A pitcher who can just get the ball over the plate, will eventually get rocked by hitters just sitting back waiting for it..

A pitcher who can play the corners and hit their target will get calls..If you add a catcher who can frame well, then he getting most of those close ones called strikes..

Just watch the 90s Braves starters with Maddux etc..
Charlie Obrien who caught all of Maddux games and javy Lopez were 2 very good catchers...

If your familiar with that team , you know what im talking about



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anotheridiot said:

I know what you are saying, but I have had far too many years of Yadi Molina stealing strikes against us and I am not the type to just say, lets do it too.

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anotheridiot said:

I know what you are saying, but I have had far too many years of Yadi Molina stealing strikes against us and I am not the type to just say, lets do it too.

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