They kind of fall by the wayside at times but the Mets made some moves this off season that shouldnt be over looked. They dumped catcher Brian Schneider and let the Phillies sign him. Smart move. Even smarter was the catcher signings of Rod Barajas and Henry Blanco.
These 2 catchers who have some pop in there bat have really helped the Mets pitchers. Blanco has done a great job with Pelfrey . Pelfrey has even said that he has helped immensely with talking about upcoming batters between innings and even in his last start against the Braves he worked with Pelfrey getting out of some tough jams.
Barajas has been able to work with head case Ollie Perez and get him really chimed in on 1 of his starts. Look for him to possibly work with Ollie in tonight's back end of the double header.
Blanco, when it comes to rifling runners out at second, right now is 4 for 4 in catcher would be base stealers. In catchers that have caught over 30 innings he is the only one that does not have a successful steal against him. Another stat that is over looked at times is passed balls. The Mets catchers have 0 passed balls. I remember Schneider last year had 2-3 on the first 10 days.
Sometimes its the defense behind the plate that can make a huge difference on a team and so far it shows with Barajas and Blanco .
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