@bballcares posted:The small likelihood of high school players making it to the bigs kinda leads into a question I've been wondering about....what do scouts see in high school catchers that makes them so valuable and immediately draftable? I'm not knocking anyone, certainly not kids, but when one considers all there is to learn about catching, how do teams expect a high school kid to be able to manage a team on the field? I would think college catchers would be more valuable to teams b/c of the level of experience in managing pitchers/hitters and plays during a game. And calling pitches is another skill most hs catchers won't have...
Very few college catchers get to call games. With HS kids the thought is to draft them and let them start learning how to call games. What the scouts are looking for these days are power and the ability to hit from the left side or switch hit.