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Gary Sanchez: Hall of Fame ?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Earthman, Sep 21, 2016.

  1. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    There were rumors at the trading deadline that the Braves were interested in bringing back McCann, but the Yankees were asking for too much. I think if the Yankees ate most of the money and settled for a middling prospect or two, that deal could get done over the winter.
     
  2. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    That wouldn't make sense for the Yankees.
     
  3. Earthman

    Earthman Well-Known Member

    Agreed no reason to just give away a catcher of McCanns caliber that's under contract
     
  4. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    Whoever misses out on Wilson Ramos and/or Matt Wieters will probably come knocking at some point.
     
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  5. Earthman

    Earthman Well-Known Member

    Between Sanchez and McCann The Yankees have gotten 38 Hr's/ 94 RBI's from catcher pos
    so far this year. Pretty good production
     
  6. cjericho

    cjericho Well-Known Member

    Wieters has come nowhere near the hype, remember reading how he could be an all-time great. Career ops 736 and in a hitter-friendly park his career-high is 23 hr. McCann's contract looks bad now, but he had several seasons with an ops over .800 and he was going to a park with a short RF porch.
     
  7. Earthman

    Earthman Well-Known Member

    McCann's numbers were good last year 26 HR / 96 RBI/ 756 ops
     
  8. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    McCann still has power, but he's a league-average hitter by most measures, and has been since he came to the Yankees. He'll be 33 by opening day next year.

    Nearly all catchers, even the great ones, are pretty much washed up by 33 or 34. Carlton Fisk, Jorge Posada and Gabby Hartnett are among the few who bucked that trend.

    Johnny Bench, Yogi Berra, Mike Piazza, Gary Carter, Mickey Cochrane and Bill Dickey — all Hall-of-Famers — were all either no longer above-average offensively or no longer every-day catchers by their 34th birthdays.

    Joe Mauer moved from catcher to first base at age 30.

    Ivan Rodriguez caught nearly every day until he was almost 40, but had his last great offensive season at 32.

    Roy Campanella had his last great year at 33 (he had two bad ones before his career-ending car accident at age 35).

    Thurman Munson was essentially a league-average hitter with no power — and had been for almost two years — by the time of his death at age 32.

    Russell Martin was great offensively at 31, pretty good at 32, and below average this year at 33.

    It's a difficult position physically, even for the great ones.
     
    Last edited: Sep 22, 2016
  9. Earthman

    Earthman Well-Known Member

    Pudge II had some help as we learned.
    Wondering if Pudge I was ahead of his time in advanced medicine based on production
     
  10. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    Martin is below average offensively for a catcher?
     
  11. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    No, for a major-league baseball player, particularly one who is about to be making $20 million a year.
     
  12. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    Even so, the point is he was no longer a great hitter by the time he got to be the age McCann will be next April.
     
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