The San Francisco Giants currently have four catchers for sure going to to spring training: Buster Posey, Eli Whiteside, Chris Stewart and Hector Sanchez. All of them will be competing for two major league roster spots in the 2012 season.
We have ourselves an ol’ fashioned log jam. Few positions, many applicants.
So, by using the process of elimination to figure out who the two positions should be, let’s do a blind comparison:
PlayerHitsHRRBIBAOBPSLG %OPSOPS+oWARdWARWAR
A1041041.218.274.339.61367-0.2-0.8-1.0
B42313.200.273.290.56357-0.10.50.4
C1722288.294.353.462.8151234.00.44.4
D801.258.324.323.646840.00.00.0
Okay, so one obvious player (C) has had a pretty decent career thus far. We all know him, it’s Buster Posey. After playing a handful of games in late 2009, Posey ended up playing most of the 2010 season playing 111 games (primarily at catcher). He went on to win the National League Rookie of the Year award while catching ...
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Seed Spitters:
PLAYERS:
Buster Posey,
Eli Whiteside,
Chris Stewart,
Hector Sanchez,
Scott Cousins,
Brian Sabean,
Barry Zito
TEAMS: San Francisco Giants, Miami Marlins
TEAMS: San Francisco Giants, Miami Marlins
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