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dcordash · 07-27-2022, 09:59 PM

As I recall Dale Murphy lost his ability to throw back to the pitcher's mound. And that happened before he was on a MLB roster every day. He was a catcher/1b in the minors.

Without digging I'm going to "guess" most of your examples are quite different then Will Smith's OOTP scenario. Will Smith has played since 2019 exclusively as a catcher (with the rare..very rare..start at another position). Perhaps DH now and then, dunno, but I would suspect they like to keep him behind the plate because he's also a very good defensive catcher.

So, yeah, you can rationalize anything..but, c'mon, all the rationalizing and "almost" examples you can come up with don't really dovetail into the OOTP normal every day unusual.

But, I'm sure that list took some digging and I commend you for the effort. Whatever the motivation.

07-27-2022, 09:59 PM	#13
dcordash Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 103	As I recall Dale Murphy lost his ability to throw back to the pitcher's mound. And that happened before he was on a MLB roster every day. He was a catcher/1b in the minors. Without digging I'm going to "guess" most of your examples are quite different then Will Smith's OOTP scenario. Will Smith has played since 2019 exclusively as a catcher (with the rare..very rare..start at another position). Perhaps DH now and then, dunno, but I would suspect they like to keep him behind the plate because he's also a very good defensive catcher. So, yeah, you can rationalize anything..but, c'mon, all the rationalizing and "almost" examples you can come up with don't really dovetail into the OOTP normal every day unusual. But, I'm sure that list took some digging and I commend you for the effort. Whatever the motivation.