2016 MLB Regular-Season Thread

How so? The Yankees got nothing in return for a guy who is now an annual leader in OBP among catchers.

 

Devil, is that you?

 

Let's not get carried away now.

Just saying the guy has been to the playoffs in five straight years with three different teams, two of whom hadn't sniffed it in decades before he got there. It would be folly to say he wasn't a serious part of putting them over the top.

 

He was important in the Jays case but down the list of importance in my opinion.

 

And all those titles Martin won with the Yankees, Pirates and Blue Jays? What are you even arguing anymore?

 

Annual leader? Now I know you're trolling.

 

He's talking about Cervelli, right?

His OBP was .370 last year and it's .373 so far this year. Second among catchers in both cases. And that's right where it was in limited duty with the Yankees. Sounds kind of annual and leaderlike to me.

 

I believe, yes, he's talking about Cervelli. He was second among qualifiers last year. We're 38 games into this season. Let's pump the brakes on referring to him as an annual leader until, you know, he does it on an annual basis.

 

OK but I'd be pretty surprised if his OBP craters at this point or if he finishes out of the top five among catchers. His BA is down 30 points from last year but he is still consistent on OBP.

 

Shouldn't you be stalking the guys from Loverboy at the Courtyard Marriott breakfast buffet?

 

Mike Reno only stays at the best: Homewood Suites

 

I'm not quite sure why this has you in such a lather. It's pretty simple. Let's review:

--There are not very many good catchers, at least offensively speaking.
--Francisco Cervilli has been among the top 5 catchers in OBP each of the last two years.
--He plays for a small-market team (hi OOP!) that saw fit to sign him to a three-year extension that keeps him out of free agency and locked up thru 2019, making him one of only five catchers signed beyond the midpoint of President Trump's first term.

He's elite. The end. (This is not the end)