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Making Your '00 Face: Backup catcher

With the '00's almost behind us, it's time to take a look back and work together to make a BCB All Decade team for the '00s. Each day, we'll tackle a new position, and we'll have our 25 man roster complete sometime around the 1st of the year.

The concept here is pretty simple. Each day, I'll give you a list of candidates: For position players, it's the full list of players who appeared in at least 100 games at the position during the '00s. Here are the players we've selected so far:

First Base: Prince Fielder
Second Base: Rickie Weeks
Shortstop: J.J. Hardy
Third Base: Bill Hall
Corner Outfield: Ryan Braun
Center Field: Mike Cameron
Corner Outfield: Geoff Jenkins
Catcher: Damian Miller

Voting for a our first bench spot opened yesterday and will close at 4 pm tomorrow. Today we need to select a backup catcher. I've narrowed the list a little, removing three players who did not receive significant support in our initial vote:

Henry Blanco

Seasons as a Brewer: 2, 2000-2001
Slash line as a Brewer: .222/.303/.268
WAR as a Brewer: 0.6

Mike Rivera

Seasons as a Brewer: 4, 2006-2009
Slash line as a Brewer: .260/.333/.423
WAR as a Brewer: 0.6

Johnny Estrada

Seasons as a Brewer: 1, 2007
Slash line as a Brewer: .278/.296/.403
WAR as a Brewer: -1

Jason Kendall

Seasons as a Brewer: 2, 2008-2009
Slash line as a Brewer: .244/.329/.315
WAR as a Brewer: 2.1



Poll
Who should be the backup catcher on our BCB All Decade Team?
Henry Blanco
39 votes
Mike Rivera
186 votes
Johnny Estrada
37 votes
Jason Kendall
173 votes

435 votes | Poll has closed

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Uhhh...

Pass?

Really, though, I had to vote Mike Rivera. I couldn’t force my finger to click the box next to Jason Kendall.

"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."

~Doug Melvin

by Charlie Marlow on Dec 16, 2009 4:06 PM CST reply actions   1 recs

Seconded

And beyond that, Rivera did a pretty nice job as a Brewer of being effective in this role.

That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.

by Kyle Lobner on Dec 16, 2009 4:08 PM CST up reply actions  

Good call chuck

I pass

"That's not a weird stat. Rickie is a run-scorer," Yost said. "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter," Yost told reporters. "See, you guys have no concept. He's a run-scorer. So there's nothing weird about it. That's what he does."

by Hyatt on Dec 16, 2009 4:59 PM CST up reply actions  

Kendall

Just to piss him off and put him in a back up role.

It would also help with team GRIT

by Saberilliterate on Dec 16, 2009 4:11 PM CST reply actions  

HIP HIP

Hooray for Blanco

Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".

by tcyoung on Dec 16, 2009 4:22 PM CST up reply actions  

sonofabitch

I always assumed I was everybody’s favorite

Be cool, and relax. Take a breath, take ten paces back.

The coolest motherfunker on the planet.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Dec 16, 2009 4:30 PM CST up reply actions  

you've been outmaneuvered

It happens, ask Ned

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by Fatter than Joey on Dec 16, 2009 4:40 PM CST up reply actions  

But I'm a run-scorer. I score runs.

Be cool, and relax. Take a breath, take ten paces back.

The coolest motherfunker on the planet.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Dec 16, 2009 4:47 PM CST up reply actions  

See, you guys have no concept.

"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."

~Doug Melvin

by Charlie Marlow on Dec 16, 2009 5:50 PM CST up reply actions  

Rec, rec, a million times rec'd!

I also would like to put a write in vote for Russell!!!

by NoahJ on Dec 16, 2009 6:37 PM CST up reply actions  

Rec'd again

Simply as I haven’t mentioned my man-crush on Russell for at least a couple of hours…

"I hope your name is Rick"

by MrLeam on Dec 17, 2009 5:36 AM CST up reply actions  

Blanco!

Easily the best defensive catcher out of the bunch (a fact I’m assuming isn’t expressed in the WAR total)

Ryan Braun: He loves it.

by SRB on Dec 16, 2009 5:11 PM CST reply actions  

Catcher defense isn't included in WAR

and I think this helps my hypothesis that folks here would be happy to just vote for the highest UZR player at every position.

"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."

~Doug Melvin

by Charlie Marlow on Dec 16, 2009 8:03 PM CST up reply actions  

I had to vote for Rivera

But I incorrectly assumed he didn’t play 100 games in the decade with Nedly as his manager……

Personally, I think we got hosed on that one! - Harry Doyle

by reverse24 on Dec 16, 2009 5:41 PM CST reply actions  

Can I vote for Casey MeGhee?

SCREW YOU GRITTY & Johnny “Double Play” Estrada!

by BrewCrewBrian on Dec 17, 2009 8:40 AM CST reply actions  

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