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He might get recruited if he can throw and hit because a coach thinks he can teach him blocking.

But a guy that let's balls roll to the backstop is not playing.

A catcher simply can't hit enough to compensate for passed balls. A passed ball is worth probably about a run and a top hitter is probably worth like 0.3 runs above average.

Blocking is not valued so Highly because the difference between good and bad players is not that high in mlb so 5 more or less PBs over 162 is not a run but a guy that would allow one extra PB per game would be unplayable even if he hit like babe Ruth. In mlb that doesn't happen however, the PB leaders every year are around 15 or so which is one every 10 games or so.

Last edited by Dominik85
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