Congrats on using your time wisely! You are lucky to have a coach who is willing to talk and work through those scenarios with you...keep working on the comeback!
Some of the stats people looked at how important framing is for a catcher.
Their answer: more important than you can possibly imagine.
They decided to compare a top-notch framer in the Major Leagues, the Card's catcher Molina, to a hypothetical catcher who could hit like Johnny Bench but was an average framer.
They realized Molina would probably be the more valuable catcher. But, how low could Molina's batting average get and still be more valuable.
The answer: Molina could strike out every time at bat and still be more valuable than an average framer who was the best hitting catcher in baseball.
The reason: Molina's framing was so good it was worth an average of one pitch per inning outside the strike zone being called a strike rather than a ball, compared to the average framer.
Meaning, an extra 9 strikes per game.
That is worth more than the best hitting catcher's bat.
Of course, Molina is a good hitter as well. He can beat you with his glove and his bat.
Also, I know we've talked about it before and while being reminded by Bob about that study with Molina and framing (or receiving as it should be) have you had a chance yet to watch the NECC video? If not, do it now.....I think you will really find it valuable for your game.
Source please, because I'm pretty sure this is 100% BS.Some of the stats people looked at how important framing is for a catcher.
Their answer: more important than you can possibly imagine.
They decided to compare a top-notch framer in the Major Leagues, the Card's catcher Molina, to a hypothetical catcher who could hit like Johnny Bench but was an average framer.
They realized Molina would probably be the more valuable catcher. But, how low could Molina's batting average get and still be more valuable.
The answer: Molina could strike out every time at bat and still be more valuable than an average framer who was the best hitting catcher in baseball.
The reason: Molina's framing was so good it was worth an average of one pitch per inning outside the strike zone being called a strike rather than a ball, compared to the average framer.
Meaning, an extra 9 strikes per game.
That is worth more than the best hitting catcher's bat.
Of course, Molina is a good hitter as well. He can beat you with his glove and his bat.
Interesting topic. My daughter is definitely better at framing/blocking than throwing out runners. So she’s the opposite. Sometimes it hurts her when she’s at tryouts because her arm isn’t flashy. Some coaches judge a catcher on arm strength over everything else. This hurt her immensely in first year 14u. She had one of those coaches. She had a particularly bad game early in the Spring last year. Two runners stole on her and her throws weren’t good. The opposing coach said loud enough “Keep running we will take this all day long” Well our coach heard it and immediately yanked her. She didn’t see the field defensively the whole rest of the Spring. She finished the Spring with them as a hitter. Damn near ruined her. She kept asking the coach to give her another shot as she was really working hard to improve her arm strength. Nope. Didn’t matter. Didn’t matter how good she was as a blocker/framer. And I’m not lying. She’s had so many coaches and umpires complement her on that. One umpire called her the best in her age group he ever saw control the game and runners just on her blocking and calling pitches. But put her in a group of catchers with cannons and she looks average. Thankfully her team last Spring finished their tournaments by May. She had time and another team picked her up and she played part of May and June with them and attended Nationals in July with her new team. She got her confidence back and now i would actually say her arm is good but still not elite or even great. She is getting more runners out this year. It made her grow as a player because she got mad and had to prove to herself she belonged on the field defensively. It is even something she is STILL working on.
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