LSU catchers

Thanks.

So Pap has thrown out 11 of 18 and Coomes has thrown out 1 of 3.

We need some more data points on Coomes and/or Romero.

Pap needs to be welcomed to the bench.

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relevant catcher data points

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a wild pitch.

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on a wild pitch.

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a wild pitch.

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So do we consider passed balls to be "relevant pitcher data points"?

I think we can look at each pitch individually because I think we all understand that a wild pitch isn't always just on the pitcher. Some balls in the dirt are more "blockable" than others with some pitches even meant to be in the dirt. We can't know what was called, but we can see that some pitches could/should be handled better.

More specifically about Projects post, 2 of those 3 should have been blocked IMO. Calling them "catcher" data points was incorrect but not totally misleading.

Yeah, I'm in the middle of logging leverage index stuff, so I have the box score and game log up in front of me, so I just copied and pasted.

But regardless of how they were scored, if you saw the sequence, Pap looked lost. While it's not apparent from what I posted previously, I'm certainly not putting all the blame on him. That should be shared between Pap, Kiel, and Dunn. But I think Pap's offensive woes are creeping into his defensive performance.

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Because they were in the dirt. They weren't grossly bad pitches imo. Definitely pitches you would expect an LSU catcher to block.

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Especially for a guy that is hitting right at the Mendoza line and is in for defense.

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Guys who can't find the strike zone should never be called on to intentionally throw one in the dirt.


Aaron Nola - yes

Hunter Kiel - never

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Throwing a curve in the dirt is pretty standard. A good curve that starts out as a strike is going to bounce maybe half the time.

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Throwing a curve in the dirt is pretty standard.

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All 3 of Kiel's wild pitches last night were fast balls hitting the dirt a foot or so in front of the plate. One of them hit almost 2 feet in front of and a foot outside the plate.

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I brushed it off the first time you brought it up, but I agree now. It's a concern.

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I hold my breath every time a ground ball is hit towards Kramer. It seems his errors are always on his throws, not on his fielding the ball. Either he's nursing a sore arm/shoulder or his confidence is shot and it's a mental thing, or a little of both.

Like TV play-by-play announcer Skip Carey used to say about the Braves' Bob Horner when a ball was hit towards Horner at third base, "Here comes another adventure....."