Pitch Framing

[NickVT10]

Studying the art of pitch framing by catchers such as Francisco Cervelli, Chris Stewart, Jose Molina, and others - Grantland

Pretty cool article about the difference between a good and bad framer. gifs included

That comes out to 0.50 runs added by Molina and 0.55 runs subtracted by Doumit per 100 pitches, an enormous difference.3 For comparative purposes, Barry Bonds's bat during the 2001-2004 seasons, when he basically broke baseball, was worth about 0.78 runs above average per game.

 

[romeo212000]

Framing is a big thing that seperater average catchers from really good ones. AJ pierzynski can frame a pitch pretty well but he's on the dl so soto is catching most games for the rangers and he can't frame to save his life. I'm seeing a big difference in the calls our pitchers are and aren't getting.

 

[NickVT10]

You can tell when a guy is trying to frame a pitch versus a catcher who has that natural ability.

 

[BigDDude]

You can tell when a guy is trying to frame a pitch versus a catcher who has that natural ability.

And, when you are born a Molina, it is in the D.N.A.....