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Originally Posted by revcarte
There is some truth to this I suppose. Like the guy who thinks Sandberg was better than Morgan...he was a Cubs fan. I guess someday people will look at saber-whatever ratings and conclude that Brian McCann was better than Johnny Bench or Thurman Munson  |
I don't think catchers will ever get to same statistical level that fielders have. It's just the nature of the position. The legend of Bench might be insurmountable. I have no idea how a great current defensive catcher, like Yadier Molina, stacks up against him. Ozzie Smith's legend is probably similar. Last year's top SS, Troy Tulowitski, had a 1.1 dWAR. Ozzie's peak was 3.1, and he broke 1.7 several times.