Top 32 tournament C Simmons vs Porter

[obxyankeefan]

Top 32 players ranked by BRWAR(as of 6/18/15).

Catcher Bracket is:

1 J Bench 13
32 R Ferrell 1

16 T Munson 6
17 W Schang 0

8 B Dickey 3 Dickey will advance on higher seed
25 R Campanella 3

9 G Harnett 6
24 L Parrish 0

4 C Fisk 10
29 J Clements 0

13 G Tenace 1
20 J Kendall 7

5 Y Berra 7
28 R Martin 0

12 B Ewing 2 advances on seed
21 R Bresnahan 2

3 I Rodriguez 8
30 D McGuire 0

14 J Mauer 8
19 J Posada 9

6 M Piazza 11
27 V Martinez 0

11 T Simmons
22 D Porter

2 G Carter
31 S Lollar

15 E Lombardi
18 B Freehan

7 J Torre
26 S Burgess

10 M Cochrane
23 J Sundberg

1 J Bench
16 T Munson

8 B Dickey
9 G Harnett

4 C Fisk
20 J Kendall

5 Y Berra
12 B Ewing

3 I Rodriguez
19 J Posada

6 M Piazza

 

[obxyankeefan]

Ted Simmons Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com

Darrell Porter Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com

 

[DragonfromTO]

This is a fun one. It was a real life choice too, and back then Whitey Herzog chose Porter.

 

[obxyankeefan]

This is a fun one. It was a real life choice too, and back then Whitey Herzog chose Porter.

I remember the trade. At the time it wasn't that big of a deal, but looking back now I would say the Brewers won.

 

[DragonfromTO]

I remember the trade. At the time it wasn't that big of a deal, but looking back now I would say the Brewers won.

The issue that forced the trade according to Whitey was that Simmons had originally agreed to play first base (with Hernandez moving to right field) when Porter was signed to play catcher, but changed his mind after the fact. Whitey figured he wouldn't play first base for him and he couldn't play catcher for him, so he had to go.

 

[Villain]

The #Swag in this round is on another level.

 

[DragonfromTO]

I remember the trade. At the time it wasn't that big of a deal, but looking back now I would say the Brewers won.

The Brewers won the Simmons trade, but I'd say that the Cardinals won the Porter/Simmons decision since they got a World Series win out of it. Plus it was a difficult trade to negotiate in the first place given that it was a deal that everyone knew the Cards had to make, they weren't going to start the season with two starting catchers and two closers on the roster.