Buster Posey (right) has developed into one of baseball's best defensive catchers. (Getty Images)
I'm not sure you'll get the buy-in from the St. Louis precincts, especially regarding the best defensive catcher part, but other than that, all true. Hitting, handling a staff, framing pitches, throwing out runners and quiet leadership. Posey checks off all the boxes as they say.
from Yahoo Sports:
10 Degrees: Buster Posey headlines baseball's best seasons no one is noticing - Yahoo Sports:
1. Buster Posey to be two-thirds of the way to one of the greatest seasons ever from a catcher with barely a mention of just how great it's been is almost as incredible as what he has done.
First consider Posey's offensive line: .327/.385/.495. In history, only 11 other catchers who played 75 percent of their games behind the plate put up such a line. Posey was the last to do it in his 2012 MVP season. Mauer did it twice, as did Bubbles Hargrave and Hall of Famers Gabby Hartnett, Bill Dickey and Mickey Cochrane. Only Mike Piazza reached the thresholds three times.
While his bat is as good as ever, Posey's ability to stifle runners is newfound and damn near unfair. In 2012, runners stole a major league-high 87 bases off him and were caught 30.4 percent of the time. This season, in 44 attempts, Posey has thrown out 20 runners – a big league-best 45.5 percent caught stealing. Combine that with his annually tremendous framing skills – Posey has saved an estimated 16 runs turning balls into strikes at a higher rate than all but three other regular catchers, according to statcorner.com – and not only is he the top offensive catcher in baseball, one could argue he's the preeminent on defense, too.
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