Comments on: Pudge Pounds Number 300

By: Curtis

Curtis — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:34:32 +0000

Citizens Bank or Petco?

By: BIP

BIP — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:12:58 +0000

Well, I was looking at it using the “3/4 of games at catcher” thing. So Mauer could DH for several years after turning 36. Sure, he’s a longshot, but I think he’s got the best health chance of getting enough games at catcher. Obviously it’d help if he sustains his power gains so far this season.

By: Kevin S.

Kevin S. — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:48:42 +0000

You wish you could be Matt Wieters.

By: joser

joser — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:13:56 +0000

Well, if you’re going to bring up PEDs you can’t leave out Piazza either.

By: Raul

Raul — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:21:53 +0000

Posada would probably have hit another 20 this year had he not been heart. When he comes off the DL he can hit another ten or so. That gives him 236 at years end. Two more years of 20 after that and he has 276. He can do it.

By: Matt B,

Matt B, — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:05:56 +0000

Funny how this guy didn’t get nailed to the cross for steroids when he is nearly a poster boy for what the drug(s) can do to a body, and career. Just deny deny deny boys, save face. Apparantly that’s all we (the public) need to look the other way.

By: CC

CC — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:44:48 +0000

Nah, Piazza’s feat isn’t impressive. 70%of the time runners succeeded in stealing a base from him. That’s too much. Plus, when he hit, he never used his legs. Everybody else relied on the power of their legs, but not Piazza. He made his numbers in the steroid era.

It isn’t fair to punish everybody except Piazza. Piazza isn’t special, he doesn’t belong with that group.

By: DavidCEisen

DavidCEisen — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:28:53 +0000

If Mauer averages 15 HR a year for ten years he would have 200 and be 36. He needs to average 25 HR a year to have 300 by the age of 36, which is probably as long as he would be catching for. He is displaying a more power this year, but it’s probably too early to tell if its for real or not.

McCann would need to average 21 HR a year to get to 300 by the age of 36, which is entirely possible.

It’s also worth mentioning that Rodriguez was (almost certainly) a steroid user.

By: Rowen

Rowen — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:11:46 +0000

This post showed up on Google News when I was doing my daily search for news on Matt Wieters, and there was a little picture box next to the search result, showing a trimmed-down version of the graph above. I was amused.

By: JoeHova

JoeHova — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:25:26 +0000

Ivan has caught 2206 games in his career and Fisk caught 2226 (Bob Boone is at 2225). Ivan should get the record for games caught within a month or so, barring injury. I think you must have looked at their total career games, not just their games at catcher.