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Seeing a lot of back and forth on this.
I tried to make this as non-obnoxious as possible, but this probably my personal reaction to the Yadier Molina talk. Twitter has corrupted me.AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
no
career 100 wRC+ (or 99 OPS+, whatever you prefer), 34th all-time among catchers in WAR, awful baserunner even by catcher standards and hit into a ton of double plays. Molina had some good offensive years (especially 2011-13) but he had a decent amount of below average seasons even by catcher standards (2005-07, 2010, 2015). I just don't really see how he's more deserving than someone like Jason Kendall.
Seeing a lot of back and forth on this.
He isn't more deserving than Kendall. That would be accurate.career 100 wRC+ (or 99 OPS+, whatever you prefer), 34th all-time among catchers in WAR, awful baserunner even by catcher standards and hit into a ton of double plays. Molina had some good offensive years (especially 2011-13) but he had a decent amount of below average seasons even by catcher standards (2005-07, 2010, 2015). I just don't really see how he's more deserving than someone like Jason Kendall.
Until Tuesday. The only thing that makes me hesitate is skills like framing and gamecalling which aren't easily picked up on or quantified very well in my personal- and knavish- opinion. Still a firm no, but it's not completely absurd like his 100 wRC+ would maybe make you think.Offensively no, but catchers who are defensively superb and who handle pitchers well get extra consideration. So, my vote is Yes!!
How long are you stuck with that avatar?
Like I said, he probably shouldn't get in, but I can almost guarantee that he will.
He is an MF'er I can tell you thatSeeing a lot of back and forth on this.