YT's 33% CS was behind Napoli's 36% and Teagarden's 54%. Only Treanor's overall 26% was lower.
Defensive utility rate YT's E + PB + WP rate per inning compared to Napoli.
YT: 9E + 7PB + 25WP = 41/823 = .050 E, PB or WP per inning
MN: 2E + 1PB + 14WP = 17/506 = .036 E, PB or WP per inning
.050/.036 = .39 or YT's E + PB +WP rate with same staff was 39% higher than Napoli's rate.
CERA ... YT 4.33CERA ... MN 3.18CERA.
Napoli (no GG catcher himself) ... was far and away a more agile and defensively effective catcher than YT.
YT ... is a defensive liability and unless he's off scale high offensively ... he's a 33yo sub potential sea anchor ... classic definition of a spare.
No one was even saying that Torrealba should start, so comparing the two is just ridiculous
I don't think there is a soul on this board saying YT had a better year than Napoli anyway, SO STOP COMPARING THE TWO
I even stated that YT was tolerable as a backup and just a backup, didn't even say he wasn't a spare, which would almost be implied considering that he's the BACKUP catcher on a team
Keep trying to talk your way out of this one, you're just talking yourself in circles now
The problem is with catchers ... the backup has to start a higher percentage of games than any other position player. When you launched the PT thread ... you showed YT logging 62 starts.
It makes no sense to me for TEX to make such a huge investment in pitching ... and then depend on Napoli repeating his career high defensive performance from 2011 this season ... along with YT's defensive liability as the backup catching over a third of the games.
That makes zero sense given the pitching investment.
The problem is with catchers ... the backup has to start a higher percentage of games than any other position player. When you launched the PT thread ... you showed YT logging 62 starts.
It makes no sense to me for TEX to make such a huge investment in pitching ... and then depend on Napoli repeating his career high defensive performance from 2011 this season ... along with YT's defensive liability as the backup catching over a third of the games.
That makes zero sense given the pitching investment.
Uehara is just..... awful
11 HR's in his last 24+ innings!
Wonder if Texas is ready to move him for a case of sunflower seeds and sign Gonzo yet.
Wonder if Texas is ready to move him for a case of sunflower seeds and sign Gonzo yet.
11 K's for Darvish last night!
6IP 6H 1BB 3ER, gave up a 2 run homer to Giambi, threw 98 pitches. Had the bases loaded in the 6th but got out of the jam.