Playing Time Expectation College Catcher

@TPM posted:

I haven't either. In fact, on the teams son has played with and coached with I also DO NOT ever recall ONE catcher in all of these years not being able to do their job due to injury because of catching  too many pens. Usually the catchers injury happens when they are playing.

Make sure that your catcher knows the expectations of the program before he commits.

My son injured his catching wrist catching January pens. Could not play thru it and missed first 4 weekends of the season. The hardest throwing guy on the team had a lot of  movement one day and he just caught one wrong. Legs were always dead but not injured.

@used2lurk posted:

My son injured his catching wrist catching January pens. Could not play thru it and missed first 4 weekends of the season. The hardest throwing guy on the team had a lot of  movement one day and he just caught one wrong. Legs were always dead but not injured.

So sorry to hear this.

But it was NOT from catching TOO many pens but rather caught a ball the wrong way. Correct?

@used2lurk posted:

My son injured his catching wrist catching January pens. Could not play thru it and missed first 4 weekends of the season. The hardest throwing guy on the team had a lot of  movement one day and he just caught one wrong. Legs were always dead but not injured.

This is a regular catching injury that could happen even if he was the starting catcher.  This injury is not unique to or attributed to catching pens, right?

Sorry for the delay on the response amigos. Sure, this injury could happen whether you are the starting catcher or the bullpen catcher (which they basically had at his D1). The original comment about the kid tearing his miniscus "could" have happened in a game or catching bullpens too.

The point is this. In many situations any catcher definitely has to understand that he might have to catch A LOT of bullpens unless the school has bullpen catchers or there are kids down the depth chart from your kid. My son is relieved to be an OF who can catch in emergency situations now...his legs feel better when he hits/runs and in general. He does not miss time in the cage like he did when he was #2/3 in the depth chart.

Catching in college can be a grind unless your kid LOVES catching more than he likes the other parts of the game. You can count on the #1/2 catchers not catching as many pens pre or in season. Be ready to work your butt off.  

We just rolled out 3 different catchers in 3 games this weekend.....No injuries.

Had a fun opening weekend.  Son didn't play at all but enjoyed the weekend as we got to spend time with him during breakfast in the hotel and dinner.  He got a lot of work in the bullpen.  The coach played 1 catcher all 4 games except for 1 defensive inning.  The backup catcher didn't even get an at bat himself.  I think the coach aims to play the starting catcher all 50 games as much as he can.  My son said the starting catcher is really good and is being scouted by MLB teams.  My son seems to be content with his role in the team for this year.  He is looking forward to home games so that the 4th string catcher can help in the bullpen (they are only bringing 3 catchers during away games).  Looking forward to the warm weathers of FL this coming weekend!