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Reply to "Coaches... If you have several great catchers on your team... which one do you start?"

hitting, throwing, blocking and game management hold more weight.  A catcher isn't going to be recruited primarily on his receiving skills.  It matters but tertiary at best.

A big key here is preventing runners from advancing bases.  Of course, a past ball is a free base.  A stolen base is advancing a base.  A well-framed pitch may, on occasion, get you a strike or, less frequently, an out but is relatively less of a factor in preventing bases.  You can argue, situationally, between the importance of blocking vs. throwing/POP but receiving is a clear third at that level, even with the abstract deductions that can be made with buying occasional strikes.

Thanks for your reply, @cabbagedad.  When you say game management... are you including pitch calling in that?

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