Top 5 catchers in Jays' history

Post #1 » by **YogiStewart** » Sun Aug 14, 2016 7:42 pm

Found this to be a tough one to ponder.

opine away

Randle McMurphy · Post #2 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sun Aug 14, 2016 8:41 pm

Whitt, Martin, and Zaun are the clear top 3. After that, probably Fletcher and Borders.

zilby · Post #3 » by **zilby** » Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:20 pm

1. Rod Barajas
2-5: ????

The_Hater · Post #4 » by **The_Hater** » Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:58 pm

Randle McMurphy wrote:Whitt, Martin, and Zaun are the clear top 3. After that, probably Fletcher and Borders.

I thought Zaun was underrated but I always remember Bengie Molina getting far too many AB's against RHP at his expense. And Bengie couldn't hit righties. Drove me nuts.

BigLeagueChew · Post #5 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Sun Aug 14, 2016 10:08 pm

Honarable mention to Benito Santiago, wasn't here long at all but throwing out runners from his knees consistently.

StopitLeo · Post #6 » by **StopitLeo** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 2:34 am

Molina?

Potential · Post #7 » by **Potential** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 3:31 am

By my understanding, killer instinct is a huge factor.

Rod Barajas
Curtis Thigpen
J.P Arencibia
Gregg Zaun
Jose Molina

Scott Hall · Post #8 » by **Scott Hall** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 4:23 am

Whitt
Borders
Fletcher
Martin
Zaun

Shout out Greg Myers when he beasted that year he came back

Post #9 » by **YogiStewart** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:56 am

Fletcher's really underrated.
wondering if Whitt was possibly overrated by fans?

The_Hater · Post #10 » by **The_Hater** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 3:05 pm

YogiStewart wrote:Fletcher's really underrated.
wondering if Whitt was possibly overrated by fans?

if I remember correctly, Fletcher had a great bat but wasn't very strong defensively. At least that was the perception.

Whitt definitely gets points for longevity. I would assume that he has the most AB's of any catcher in team history?

Skin Blues · Post #11 » by **Skin Blues** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 3:13 pm

wow, we have had bad catchers. Top 5 I guess I'd say:

Whitt
Martin
Zaun
Fletcher

And then, I guess Borders, getting extra credit for the WS MVP even though he was pretty bad overall. At least he played for quite a while.

Shout out to Lance Parrish, though. Wasn't with us very long but the day I got to spend in the dugout with the team in '95 he was by far the most welcoming and fun guy down there. Probably because he was about to retire 6 weeks later.

northernpuppy · Post #12 » by **northernpuppy** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 3:38 pm

This is a great question.

I'm down with:

Martin
Fletcher
Borders
Zaun (reluctantly)
Whitt/John Buck.

http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/tor/history/players.jsp

SharoneWright · Post #13 » by **SharoneWright** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 4:54 pm

Guillermo Quiroz should have made this list by now... I keep waiting. :thinking:

SharoneWright · Post #14 » by **SharoneWright** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 6:03 pm

Matheny would have been up there if we hadn't released him the year before he got picked up by the Cardinals... :banghead:

cram · Post #15 » by **cram** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 6:17 pm

20 bucks says Yogi has a Charlie O'Brien tattoo near his nether region...

The_Hater · Post #16 » by **The_Hater** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 8:40 pm

SharoneWright wrote:Matheny would have been up there if we hadn't released him the year before he got picked up by the Cardinals...

Gomes. D'Arnaud. Jayson Werth (became an OF but still).

The Jays haven't been very good at keeping the good catching prospects instead of the ones that didn't pan out.

Skin Blues · Post #17 » by **Skin Blues** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 2:00 pm

Can't forget:

Post #18 » by **Rhettmatic** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 8:42 pm

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Hoopstarr · Post #19 » by **Hoopstarr** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:46 pm

We've had some crap catchers, I'll tell you that. Can't blame AA for wanting to change that with Martin.

How about Robinson Diaz for getting us Jose?

Underrated ones: Zaun (noodle arm aside), Charlie O'Brien (also notable for bringing hockey masks into baseball), and Buck Martinez

The_Hater · Post #20 » by **The_Hater** » Thu Aug 18, 2016 11:33 am

Hoopstarr wrote:We've had some crap catchers, I'll tell you that. Can't blame AA for wanting to change that with Martin.

But if AA hadn't kept JP Arencebia while shipping out Gomes and D'Araund, spending all that money on Martin wouldn't have been necessary. He was fixing the mistake that he created.