Mets Are In A Real Catch-22

Yesterday, I was absolutely shocked when one of our commenters steered me to a statistical analysis that was posted on Adam Rubin's blog at Surfing The Mets. While all of us moaned and groaned all season long about the bullpen in 2008, this new data gives an alternative reason for some of our bullpen woes and starting woes as well. It shows an alarming trend in declining performance when Brian Schneider is catching as compared to Ramon Castro. Take a look at the following statistics and see what you think. SANCHEZ caught by CASTRO 65 ABs, allows 0 HRs and OPP SLUG%=292 SCHNEIDER 108 ABs, allows 6 HRs and OPP SLUG%=454 HEILMAN caught by CASTRO 50 ABs , allows 0 HRs and OPP SLUG%=340 SCHNEIDER 195 ABs, allows 9 HRs and OPP SLUG%=456 FELICIANO caught by CASTRO 36 ABs, allows 0 HRs and OPP SLUG%=306 SCHNEIDER 134 ABs, allows 6 HRs and OPP SLUG%=455 WAGNER caught by CASTRO 49 ABs, allows 0 HRs and OPP SLUG%=204 SCHNEIDER 99 ABs, allows 3 HRs and OPP SLUG%=313 ...