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Originally Posted by molarmite
I don't have exact stats but I'm sure a fellow Twins fan can help me out. The Twins pitching staff especially the starting rotation was terrible in April but since Mauer has returned, they've gotten much better.
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The team at BP looked at mountains of data from thousands of teams from dozens of years and found no data at all to support the notion that a catcher can prevent runs through 'game calling'.
So either we do not know as yet how to look for it or there is no such ability.
I am leaning towards it is just another bucket of old time baseball rubbish.