re: Arrambide is a bad catcher right now.

Def got all of that one,

One of Jay’s 5-stars

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but he just doesn’t look fundamentally sound blocking or receiving.

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It's going to take some adjusting to this level of pitching. I think ultimately he will be fine. Just may take some spot starts and summer ball to get comfortable.

Just rewatched the first 4innings. It was bad all around

-Arrambide dropped or missed 9 balls that either occurred with 0 runners on or weren't far enough away to advance the runners
-There were 3 wild pitches, and I think even Arrambide would say he should have gotten in front of 2 of them
-There were 2 passed balls that allowed runners to score (one immediately and one eventually)
-Top 1 there was a fielding miscue on a pop up foul ball between him and Jones (batter would go on to drive in another run)
-Arrambide missed a delayed steal in the first inning because he looked back at first instead of the runner.

All in all, 11 pitches were missed/dropped by our freshman catcher, 3 wild pitches, and 2 miscues (the delayed steal and the foul ball in the first)---in 4 innings of baseball

A night to forget for sure, but Jay's gotta get these guys in somehow. We won the game, and that's the most important thing, but I think both Arrambide and Jay learned a lot last night.

That is not true. He was not very good last night.
I guess the foulball pop up on the 1st. Base side that he called and the let drop was on the pitcher as well.
On the 3rd running scored for a passed ball you saw Jay get pissed and turned around and go into the dug out. Arrambie was pulled after that.
Arrambide is the future mTuesday was just a speed bump he will get better

I dont know if he was getting crossed up or just slow at adjusting. He had a terrible night behind the plate.

He won’t improve unless he changes his technique. He has his glove the wrong way at times with balls in the dirt in front of him. His blocking technique is really bad. Kneeling he can’t move to catch balls in the dirt on either side . He misses the backhand tries and can’t get out fast enough to get his glove down. Most troublesome was he missed several pitches that looked like strikes. He may need to have his vision checked. He looks like he has a good bat so it would be great if he could improve but I have my doubts. I know he is a freshman but that doesn’t excuse missing strikes. I know all of this is pretty harsh but I really am pulling for the young man to get it corrected. We need him going forward.

I like the kid and believe it was just a bad game. It’s not like it was his first game catching. That HR though

Delete this trash thread bashing a true freshman. Pure class, OP.

stupid arse post.... hes my catcher from tomball and he was the high school player of the year. kid is a stud and will be a 1st rd draft pick in 3 years....