Is this thread running simultaneously on two different forums, this and the General forum?
While 2.0 is the standard all HS catchers want to strive to acheive, there are some out there who are considerably better than this. We have a couple of the top class of 2009 catchers in the country in our area, Max Stassi and Andrew Susac. Both are early commits, Stassi to UCLA and Susac to Oregon State. One of the main things they each do that seperates them from almost everyone else is shut down the running game. I haven't gotten any recent times on Stassi, but last year he was consistently in the 1.9s in game situations. Susac was clocked as low as 1.84 by Perfect Game in a showcase game, throwing out a runner. This year, Susac has risen to a whole new level, consistently under 1.95 and often in the 1.8s in games. Last week, in a high school playoff game that went 15 innings, Susac went 6 for 6.....not at the plate, but in throwing out runners at second base. At another playoff game tonight, I was sitting with a pitcher who plays for a Pac-10 team, and we got to talking about Susac. His opinion, after watching this entire Pac-10 season, was that Susac would be the starter, right now, for any team in the Pac-10. He felt that he's better than any catcher in the Pac-10 at this time. That's pretty high praise for a high school junior!