The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1360 – Catcher Preview Pt. 1

1/3/25

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CATCHER PREVIEW PT. 1:

• The new King: William Contreras
• Adley Rutschman’s 631 OPS vR
• Yainer Diaz – more AVG than PWR?
• Salvador Perez – the Steadiest Eddie
• Cal Raleigh – Big Dump on your AVG?
• Willson Contreras will NOT catch in 2025

• Will Smith: 929 OPS thru 30 gms; 704 in last 98
• J.T. Realmuto’s missing SBs
• Shea Langeliers – the next Cal Raleigh?
• Logan O’Hoppe – the next Sal Perez?
• Tyler Stephenson – Sporer was right… after 32 years!
• Austin Wells – summer stud (288 AVG, 900 OPS Jun-Aug) or bookend dud (165 AVG, 440 OPS Apr-May+Sept)
• Keibert Ruiz – BABIP-suppressed AVG flukey or real?
• Hunter Goodman – the sneaky C-elig. Rockie
• Francisco Alvarez – our 900th Raleigh clone
• Iván Herrera – the new primary C in StL

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Approximately 94 minutes of joyous analysis.