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Dang it now, quit confusing me.
Montero can't catch and that's that. Olivo can and that's that.
Dirt dog grizzled veteran catchers just bring a certain gravitas to a lineup.
You can clearly see it in a teams Win % when the dirt dog guy catches......Wait.....Well, for sure you can clearly see it in cERA,.....Wait.....Most definately you can see it in how the team's ace throws with the dirt dog guy behind the plate, for surely they have a Carlton and McCarver thing going. Dirt dog grizzled veterans just know about aces. Aces just don't throw well to young guys. Wait.......
Ok...How about the fact that dirt dog guys never let a ball past them since they know all about spin and bounces and such grizzled veteran stuff.
No good on that one? You're making this hard.
OK, OK. Well clearly young catchers can't hit while they catch...you know, demands of the position and all.
Not that one either, huh?
Hey, hey...here you go. Obviously you have to play the dirt dog because you certainly don't have two other catchers who are clear offensive improvements over him. Aha!
Really? What's that you say? That one doesn't fly, either?
OK, I've got one. Listen to this! Clearly Sarge-type managers like dirt dog type catchers, because they see themselves in them.
There you go. On the mark.
That's why you should clearly, almost always, put your dirt dog behind the plate. Told you it made sense.
moe