Who do you like at catcher?
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90 SS Ted Simmons
- Highest overall
- Great Contact and Vision
- Good Speed for the position
88 CON Mike Napoli
- Best all-around hitting catcher
- Great pop with the bat
87 PL Samuel Basallo
- Cannon of an arm
- Decent hitting attributes
86 NT Gary Sanchez
- Biggest cannon arm of all catchers
- Good pop with the bat
86 2H Ivan Rodriguez
- Good contact
- Catcher Pop Time Quirk
86 JOLT Johnny Bench
- Best all-around fielding
- Decent hitting attributes with surprising pop at times
So far, I like to go back and forth between Ted Simmons ans Johnny Bench and probably leaning more towards Bench. Of course as a Mariners fan, I like LS Big Dumper on my M's theme team. Who do you guys like?
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Napoli with mix in of Simmons or Varitek against righties late in the game
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@virusts_XBL I've had Napoli let so many balls go by him that I had to remove him because of the additional runs against due to his PBs. I hope you are having better fielding luck with him because he is the best all-around hitting catcher available.
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I play Adley behind the plate - That 97 blocking is HUGE.
Simmons is the best hitter…Maybe in the whole game…But lets WAY too many past balls.
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I want Simmons to be better for me because he can be that slap hitter. He’s just not my kind of card. He has no leg kick and it throws me off players that done have any leg kick. And his pci is too big lol meaning when I try to foul a ball off he tends to put it in play. And sometimes I’m just trying to foul a ball off.
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@IrishFist412_MLBTS Simmons is not even top 5 imo. Live series Alvarez is insane. I think Simmons is the worst hitter on my team. I’m constantly looking for a replacement.
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Napoli... I've hit great with him and for the most part I pull everything even tho he's a push hitter
Simmons has no leg kick and I can't use players with no leg kicks
I always love biggio cards but his attributes are really low. I did well with him in conquest maps but wasn't willing to take him into ranked.
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@ref479ode_PSN dude. The no leg kick. I was using him and couldn’t figure it out than the other day I was like oh this dude has no leg kick and it’s throwing off my timing. I always time pitching through my per-vision by the plays leg kick. And Simmons kills me with his semi step.
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I use Tek because I’m a Sox Homer. Simmons is in LF. Napoli either at DH or on the bench lol. Really good early game catcher options
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I use the guy from Seattle a lot. He’s a gold, I think. But he hits so well for me. I can’t think of his name off the top of my head.
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I also like the Big Dumper even if he is a gold, but just picked up Varitek so going to see how he does
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@sbchamps17_NSW variteks been great for me. Though I still cant tell wether theres too many balls that get away from him for my liking. Idk if its a huge problem in the game overall or if its him, but theres alot of hold your breath moments compared to real life. Especially after strikeouts. Half my strikeouts it feels like require a recovery and throw to first.
Great middle of the lineup switch hitter with decent clutch, just im a big fielding guy, i like good fielding/arms etc.
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Simmons has been the guy since I got him but he's not throwing anyone out trying for second. Consistently gets on base though.
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@T4RbRuSh_XBL said in Who do you like at catcher?:
I use the guy from Seattle a lot. He’s a gold, I think. But he hits so well for me. I can’t think of his name off the top of my head.
I used Cal Raleigh (aka „The Big Dumper“) for most of the season, but I switched to Varitek (although he is from the Red Sox ) -
New Threads Sanchez has been a beast
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@Easy_Duhz_It__PSN . Isn't he super slow though
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Simmons mainly for nostalgic reasons. He was one of my favorite Cardinals as a kid.
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@sbchamps17_NSW said in Who do you like at catcher?:
@Easy_Duhz_It__PSN . Isn't he super slow though
Sure. Im not trying to swipe bags with him though. Im swinging for the fences every time.
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@LIONED-33_XBL said in Who do you like at catcher?:
I use Tek because I’m a Sox Homer. Simmons is in LF. Napoli either at DH or on the bench lol. Really good early game catcher options
Tek used to be a walking home run for me on PS2-PS3. I hope his old stance is still there because it was awesome.
