The Diamondbacks GM on the importance of catcher receiving skills.
What the cerebral Diamondbacks starter thinks about the importance of framing pitches.
Catching instructors and coordinators comment on the importance of receiving skills.
The pitch before the pitch that sent the Dominican Republic to the WBC semifinals.
Catchers can’t throw anyone out anymore. Why is that, and should we be worried?
Buster Posey, Alex Avila, and Ryan Hanigan are showing off different techniques in the postseason.
Ben and Sam question the conclusions of an article in The Atlantic about racial bias in baseball broadcasting, then talk about whether Brian McCann’s best is behind him and whether his down year is the result of bad hitting hitting or bad luck.
Longtime terrible hitter Jeff Mathis has shocked everyone by hitting well in 2012. Well, everyone but Gregg Zaun.
Max crunches the numbers and comes up with the top 10 catchers of the 2012 season based on overall value both at and behind the plate.
A couple of catchers get new deals as the Cardinals extend Yadier Molina and the Royals sign up for more Salvador Perez, and the Reds lock up Sean Marshall.