Suzuki... 6 homers in last 8 starts

[Tino25Dynasty]

Lol, where in the hell did that come from.... Ride on

[thethe]

If only we threw money at jason castro

[bravesfanMatt]

But can he play SS

[nsacpi]

pixie dust...but I'll take it

[thewupk]

If only we threw money at jason castro

kemp is a better investment

[msstate7]

We can't develop young catchers, but we can really get the best out of 30-year-old (and older) catchers

[50PoundHead]

I liked the signing and couldn't understand the barking about it (and a number of folks barked about it). I never envisioned this level of hitting, but Suzuki is a decent back-up at a very reasonable price. He's no defensive whiz, but for $1.5 million he's turned out to be a pretty good deal.

[nsacpi]

We can't develop young catchers, but we can really get the best out of 30-year-old (and older) catchers

Ross...Laird...AJ...

it is really a very distinguished lineage

[depley]

Suzuki is also the stat of the day, his 9 home runs have all come in different innings, 1,2 3,4,5,6,7,8, and 12th.

[thewupk]

roids

[gilesfan]

We can't develop young catchers, but we can really get the best out of 30-year-old (and older) catchers

What kind of nonsense is this? We have had some of the best catchers in baseball come through the system.

[Tino25Dynasty]

We develop young catchers. Just once like every decade. Lol. Javy came around in the mid 90's. McCann around in the mid 2000's

I wouldn't really put Estrada on that list...One, because he wasn't really "ours" as most of his developing was in the Phillies organization. Two, b/c he only had like 3 or 4 good seasons and has been outta the league for a decade.

Gattis, he can hit that long ball. But has never been an elite all star type like Javy and McCann.

We need to get someone cooking though. Flowers and Suzuki ain't gonna last that long.

[gilesfan]

Lopez, McCann, Salty, Flowers, Perez to a lesser degree Gattis, Bethancourt, Pena

[50PoundHead]

We develop young catchers. Just once like every decade. Lol. Javy came around in the mid 90's. McCann around in the mid 2000's

I wouldn't really put Estrada on that list...One, because he wasn't really "ours" as most of his developing was in the Phillies organization. Two, b/c he only had like 3 or 4 good seasons and has been outta the league for a decade.

Gattis, he can hit that long ball. But has never been an elite all star type like Javy and McCann.

We need to get someone cooking though. Flowers and Suzuki ain't gonna last that long.

Going way back, the Braves also drafted a bunch of catchers pretty high and had trouble getting them into the bigs. Catching is such a tough position and it's really hard to gauge which prospects are going to be able to handle the position both offensively and defensively at the major league level. I don't know if the Braves do better or worse in the long run on that score than other organizations. No question both Lopez and McCann were great for us (although Maddux didn't think much of Javy's work behind the plate).

[Slippyjms]

kemp is a better investment

BURN!!!

[thethe]

kemp is a better investment

Agreed.

[thewupk]

Agreed.

It is the Braves way to pay for below replacement level production

[Southcack77]

It is the Braves way to pay for below replacement level production

but not to overpay for backup catchers. It evens out.

[50PoundHead]

The thing with Murphy and Houston is that they didn't stay at the C position. Murphy developed a mental block with his throwing and Houston scuffled along before becoming a utility player (and he turned into a pretty good one). I was ticked when the Braves traded Houston.

[CyYoung31]

We can't develop young catchers, but we can really get the best out of 30-year-old (and older) catchers

You must have missed the 20 years of young, all-star catchers behind the plate.

Lopez > Estrada > McCann > Gattis.

Flowers came up through our system too.