cabbagedad posted:There was a good thread on this topic a while back, just too lazy to look for it this morning. While I agree that, at the HS level, blocking would be priority, none of these decisions are made in a bubble. That is the point that gets lost so often with the parent of, in this example, one of the catchers or pitchers. If you have three great catchers that hit equally, you probably have three great players in general. So, you have to give strong consideration to which other positions each of those three play well and what the other team needs are. What gives the team the best overall alignment? Sometimes, that means giving up a little at one position to gain more overall.
Then there are other factors like the capability of the P on that given day to hold runners. Does the P rely on a lot of breaking stuff/off-speed or is he mostly a power guy with decent command? How much does the opposition likes to run? etc., etc. If you truly have three great catchers, it may change by each game situation, each opponent.
Those are really good points.