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I'd never accept a poor defensive catcher because it's easy to make up offense in other positions that aren't as important defensively.
Catcher ability and arm really do make a difference. I setup a league one time with 50/50 bad/good catchers and made all the pitchers and batters identical and the catchers with good arms got run on a lot less and the associated pitchers had better stats. It wasn't a 1-1 ratio, so not every catcher with good ability/arm will be better defensively than a lesser rated catcher in every season, but it's easy to spot when you're looking at the extremes.
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