![]() He has Posey's contract, basically, but with an extra year tacked on. But he is having twins, and he has won an MVP, so I guess if you search Baseball Reference's Play Index for that, he's going to come up as the only comp. He plays a lot of DH and catcher now, and other than his MVP year, never had a ton of power, so he's probably not the best comparable player. This is a big ol' incomplete, but it's worth noting that after Mauer's dud season in 2011, he's kind of a badass again. Joe Mauer (20 career WAR through age-25 season, 127 OPS+) I doubt the Reds would have regretted the contract if the situations were reversed.ħ. If Posey follows the same path, the Giants would eat about $42 million at the end, but they would have had a Buster Posey until then. Nobody is a good comparable player for Johnny Bench, but if you're curious, he was essentially done by 32. Johnny Bench (36 career WAR through age-25 season, 128 OPS+) Is it a $21 million player? In eight or nine years, it might be.Ħ. In his down years, he was a league-average catcher with good defense, which is a pretty nifty player. Fisk didn't just continue as a catcher, the dude caught until he was 45. In Fisk's age-26 season, he suffered a knee injury, and everyone wondered if he was going to be the same catcher, so if you're looking for an injury-related, superstar-catcher comp, here you go. Carlton Fisk (12 career WAR through age-25 season, 130 OPS+) If Posey follows the same path, the Giants would eat about $21 million at the end, but they would have had a Buster Posey until then.ĥ. He was moved to third base permanently when he was 30, and started to tail off a bit with three-win seasons from ages 31 through 33, and he was pretty much done by 34. Torre was on the Posey plan when it came from defense, splitting his time between first and catcher, with the bulk of his time coming behind the plate. Joe Torre (26 career WAR through age-25 season, 133 OPS+) If Posey had York's career path, the Giants would eat about $42 million in lost salary/production by the end of the deal, but they would have had a Buster Posey until then.Ĥ. His last good year came when he was 32 - he was pretty consistent until then - and he was out of baseball by 35. York was a seven-time All-Star, and he led the AL in homers and RBI in 1943. Rudy York (11 career WAR through age-25 season, 140 OPS+) Usually he was between four and five, with a couple of big spikes.ģ. Piazza's age-34 season was injury-fraught, but even at his worst, he was a three-win catcher according to Baseball Reference. If Piazza were signed to the same deal, would the Dodgers have regretted it? Not at all. ![]() Posey's deal takes him through his age-34 season. Again, gross.īut the point isn't to compare them as people or American heroes rather, it's to see how some of the best young catchers in history held up. Looks like some of it got into Piazza's hair. Don't worry, I used bleach on the top of that "2. ![]() ![]() Mike Piazza (11 career WAR through age-25 season, 142 OPS+) He is almost the best possible scenario for Buster Posey's career.Ģ. Possibly the best comp for Buster Posey, Buster Posey is the leader in career adjusted-OPS for catchers 25 or younger. But as an era- and park-adjusted stat that's easy to search, it'll do just fine.ġ. Am I wild about using WAR to compare catchers throughout history? No. Here's a list of catchers who accumulated more than ten wins above replacement before their age-26 season. Let's pick him!" The only way to look at how this contract might play out is to look at a wide selection of young, successful catchers throughout history. So it's not as easy as picking a name out of a hat and extrapolating from there - "Johnny Bench won an MVP. There are also the lingering effects of his ankle injury to consider. His MVP season was his first full season in the majors, for one. It's not just the MVP or the two championships or the way it feels like he's talking just to you in his post-game interviews, staring through the screen, telling you secrets, confiding in you, coaching you on how to be a better person, making you listen for the first time in your life. It's hard to find a good comparable player for Buster Posey. ![]()
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