How Important is Hitting to Catcher's?

Lesterclan10+ posts

We hear it all the time..."the catcher's main job is defensive. Anything he gives me on offense is gravy". However, in my experience the catcher doesn't even get lookedat unless he is mashing HR's, doubles, etc. and defense is second. Scouts, recruiters, top travel teams, etc. it doesn't matter. What's other catcher's take on this?

I know part of the problem is how do you quantify catcher's defensive statistics. I mean, it's easier to look at a Batting Average or OBP. Does anyone pay attention to defensive stats (i.e. caught stealing, passed balls, etc)?

5/2/0811:29 AM

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