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Who Are The Best
Catchers to Run On?
Happy Friday the 13th,
everybody.
I want to follow-up
today on a question raised by a subscriber, and mentioned by our own
Sweet Lou yesterday. Most of the advice here will refer to those in
rotisserie leagues, but can be applicable to fantasy points leagues too
if your league places good value on SBs.
We are late in the
season now, and making huge strides in calculated categories (like ERA,
WHIP, and AVG) is all but impossible. One of the stats that can allow
for big gains is stolen bases. If you have the potential to gain a
couple of standings points with just a handful of swiped bags, you need
to plan as carefully as you can in order to get those SBs. One way to
make an informed decision on which of your potential speed threats to
play is the opposing catcher’s Caught Stealing percentage (CS%). At
this point in the season we have enough data to know who can throw out a
good percentage of basestealers...and who can’t.
You shouldn’t make a
decision based on this info if one player you’re comparing to another is
simply a much better speed weapon. But, say you have to decide between
two relatively middle-of-the-road guys like Chone Figgins (24 SBs) and
Ryan Freel (22 SBs) for your starting lineup this week. If Chone is
playing against the Twins and Henry Blanco (0.52 CS%), he’ll have a much
tougher time stealing than Freel, who is facing the Braves and Johnny
Estrada (0.18 CS%). In order to create this list, I divided up the
players into NL and AL, and included only players who had caught 200 or
more innings this year. A top half and bottom half are shown for each
league. I wanted you to be able to see all the data for making up your
lineups, not just the top two or three.
Top CS% -- National League
These are the guys
you should use caution running against. They catch the most attempted
basestealers.
|
NAME |
GP |
ATT |
SB |
CS |
CS% |
|
Yadier Molina,StL |
29 |
9 |
3 |
6 |
0.67 |
|
Brian
Schneider,Mon |
93 |
51 |
26 |
25 |
0.49 |
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Brent Mayne,LA/Ari |
36 |
27 |
15 |
12 |
0.44 |
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Javier
Valentin,Cin |
37 |
23 |
13 |
10 |
0.44 |
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Eddie Perez,Atl |
42 |
19 |
11 |
8 |
0.42 |
|
Dave Ross,LA |
36 |
24 |
14 |
10 |
0.42 |
|
Jason Kendall,Pit |
103 |
71 |
43 |
28 |
0.39 |
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Yorvit
Torrealba,SF |
38 |
14 |
9 |
5 |
0.36 |
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Ramon Castro,Fla |
31 |
14 |
9 |
5 |
0.36 |
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Paul Bako,ChC |
30 |
37 |
24 |
13 |
0.35 |
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Jason LaRue,Cin |
78 |
41 |
27 |
14 |
0.34 |
|
Ramon
Hernandez,SD |
66 |
53 |
36 |
17 |
0.32 |
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Vance Wilson,NYM |
54 |
22 |
15 |
7 |
0.32 |
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Raul Chavez,Hou |
36 |
19 |
13 |
6 |
0.32 |
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Gary Bennett,Mil |
53 |
35 |
24 |
11 |
0.31 |
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Robby Hammock,Ari |
46 |
39 |
27 |
12 |
0.31 |
Bottom CS% -- National League
Give ‘em the green
light. These are the guys you should use your speed weapons against.
They catch the fewest attempted basestealers.
|
NAME |
GP |
ATT |
SB |
CS |
CS% |
|
Jason
Phillips,NYM |
53 |
33 |
23 |
10 |
0.30 |
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Paul Lo Duca,LA/Fla |
88 |
83 |
58 |
25 |
0.30 |
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Chad Moeller,Mil |
70 |
49 |
35 |
14 |
0.29 |
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Juan Brito,Ari |
37 |
35 |
25 |
10 |
0.29 |
|
Brad Ausmus,Hou |
90 |
73 |
53 |
20 |
0.27 |
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Miguel Ojeda,SD |
41 |
11 |
8 |
3 |
0.27 |
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Michael
Barrett,ChC |
92 |
63 |
46 |
17 |
0.27 |
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Todd Greene,Col |
40 |
29 |
22 |
7 |
0.24 |
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Mike Matheny,StL |
79 |
38 |
29 |
9 |
0.24 |
|
Mike Redmond,Fla |
67 |
59 |
45 |
14 |
0.24 |
|
A.J.
Pierzynski,SF |
86 |
49 |
38 |
11 |
0.22 |
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Mike
Lieberthal,Phi |
94 |
72 |
56 |
16 |
0.22 |
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Einar Diaz,Mon |
28 |
18 |
14 |
4 |
0.22 |
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Charles
Johnson,Col |
80 |
69 |
54 |
15 |
0.22 |
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Mike Piazza,NYM |
41 |
37 |
30 |
7 |
0.19 |
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Johnny
Estrada,Atl |
93 |
60 |
49 |
11 |
0.18 |
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Todd Pratt,Phi |
29 |
16 |
14 |
2 |
0.13 |
Top CS% -- American League
These are the guys
you should use caution running against. They catch the most attempted
basestealers.
|
NAME |
GP |
ATT |
SB |
CS |
CS% |
|
Henry Blanco,Min |
77 |
48 |
23 |
25 |
0.52 |
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Jose Molina,Ana |
54 |
37 |
18 |
19 |
0.51 |
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Kevin Cash,Tor |
50 |
28 |
14 |
14 |
0.50 |
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Gerald Laird,Tex |
38 |
22 |
11 |
11 |
0.50 |
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Sandy Alomar
Jr.,CWS |
44 |
43 |
25 |
18 |
0.42 |
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Damian Miller,Oak |
78 |
61 |
36 |
25 |
0.41 |
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Joe Mauer,Min |
32 |
18 |
11 |
7 |
0.39 |
|
Rod Barajas,Tex |
68 |
41 |
26 |
15 |
0.37 |
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Toby Hall,TB |
84 |
47 |
30 |
17 |
0.36 |
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Dan Wilson,Sea |
78 |
53 |
34 |
19 |
0.36 |
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Jorge Posada,NYY |
95 |
65 |
44 |
21 |
0.32 |
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Brook Fordyce,TB |
37 |
19 |
13 |
6 |
0.32 |
|
Miguel Olivo,CWS/Sea |
68 |
39 |
27 |
12 |
0.31 |
Bottom CS% -- American League
Give ‘em the green
light. These are the guys you should use your speed weapons against.
They catch the fewest attempted basestealers.
|
NAME |
GP |
ATT |
SB |
CS |
CS% |
|
Ivan
Rodriguez,Det |
90 |
40 |
28 |
12 |
0.30 |
|
Gregg Zaun,Tor |
67 |
61 |
43 |
18 |
0.30 |
|
Adam Melhuse,Oak |
42 |
31 |
22 |
9 |
0.29 |
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Javy Lopez,Bal |
95 |
74 |
53 |
21 |
0.28 |
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Victor
Martinez,Cle |
93 |
86 |
62 |
24 |
0.28 |
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John Buck,KC |
34 |
26 |
19 |
7 |
0.27 |
|
Jason Varitek,Bos |
93 |
73 |
54 |
19 |
0.26 |
|
John Flaherty,NYY |
31 |
20 |
15 |
5 |
0.25 |
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Ben Davis,CWS/Sea |
34 |
17 |
13 |
4 |
0.24 |
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Tim Laker,Cle |
33 |
22 |
17 |
5 |
0.23 |
|
Benito
Santiago,KC |
49 |
36 |
28 |
8 |
0.22 |
|
Bengie Molina,Ana |
58 |
45 |
36 |
9 |
0.20 |
|
Doug
Mirabelli,Bos |
32 |
37 |
31 |
6 |
0.16 |
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