My path to catcher was easy. Second day of practice.
"Who wants to tryout for catcher?"
Four kids threw from home to 2nd. He told me to try on the gear. I never took it off. Nothing fit. I was the skinniest catcher imaginable. I recall wrapping the straps for the shin guards around twice.
My bat didn't get me on traveling teams. I'm trying to remember any kid switching to catcher after the age of ten or eleven.
Although this has me thinking. Why are the managers in the dugout? Let's stop with the "he was looking good so we left him in" decisions and be smarter about it. Can't MLB teams have computers in the dugout?
Yawn. Really? If Getz traded a miscellaneous 28 year old for an equally miscellaneous 22 year old y'all would be cheering?
It's just filling some holes for MiLB. Not worth making sexual assault jokes over.
Give him every opportunity to stay up. If he grabs that spot and does something good he may never see MiLB again. If he fails he knows first hand exactly what he needs to work on to be successful.
I want players that won't back down and whimper I'm not ready.
Here's what is potentially a huge change from past years. That could be coaching. Imagine coaches actually helping young guys be ready for MLB baseball.
You are most likely correct.
Hopefully he's excited about a chance to earn a roster spot and stick with the club. Out with the old, in with the new.
It's like mountain climbing, climb high, sleep low until you're acclimated.
Ramos must be so pissed. He knows he needs more years in MiLB but here he is rushed to the majors. Pay raise. Plane rides. Big crowds. Ok, maybe not the big crowds.