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What is the league average bat for a catcher?
Dunno...but Realmuto seems to have finished 2nd or 3rd in all of MLB last year, depending n how you look at it: .278 / .332 / .451 / .783https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/player_stats.htm?pos=C&filter=Q
Catchers hit .245/.315/.406 last year. Realmuto's .278/.332/.451 seems substantially better.
SP- Jake ArrietaSP- Lance LynnSP- Alex CobbSP- Andrew CashnerCP- Greg HollandRP- Addison ReedRP- Tony Watson1B- Eric Hosmer1B- Logan MorrisonSS- Neil Walker3B- Edjardo Nunez3B- Mike MoustakasC- Jonathan LucroyRF- JD MartinezCF- Jon JayLF- Carlos GomezLF- Carlos GonzalezA week to go before spring training starts and there is an All Star team of free agents available
https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=c&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=350&type=8&season=2017&month=0&season1=2017&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=17,dThat sorts 350 plus PAs for catchers last year, or roughly around 100 games played, which is about normal for a starting catcher in MLB. It's sorted by wRC+ to look at batting only. Since the defense metric doesn't take into account catcher framing, the defense side of WAR for catchers to me has always been suspect. Realmuto gets a big boost in WAR thanks to that defensive stat. He does have 8 stolen bases though, and also tends to have really good stats as a runner. Still, catchers are pretty weak overall as a position, so if you are trading highly ranked prospects for a catcher, even one with 3 years of control, you better be sold on things the slash line can't explain.
I think you have to give them whoever they want except for Soto or Robles.
I think you have to give them whoever they want except for Soto or Robles. The fact we haven't given them up should be telling on how we feel about keeping Bryce.You can't give up your two best prospects (who happen to play in the OF) when you're about to lose your superstar OF.
I think it's foolish to pay a ton in prospects for Realmuto given the current state of the free agent market.
So apparently we're "interested" in Arrieta, which, to me, screams Boras saying, "Hey, other teams, remember, the Nats are my nag and I can make them sign a guy to a huge deal!! Get your best offers in!"
Per Zuck, Eaton will bat lead-off in 2018. I'm assuming we'll see something like this:1. Eaton2. Rendon3. Harper4. Zimmerman5. Murphy6. Taylor 7. Turner8. WietersOr, maybe flip Turner/Wieters to set up a better chance of a bunt advancing the runner if Turner gets on, and to keep the L/R/L/R pattern
I can't see Turner hitting at the bottom of the lineup. A 1-2 punch of Eaton and Turner will be a nightmare for pitchers.
I bet Taylor hits leadoff to start the season.
No way in hell
Agreed...there's no way in hell Turner bats anywhere but 1st or 2nd in this lineup...