Best Catcher in the Game?
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@EvylShaun said in Best Catcher in the Game?:
I used to have a revolving door. Then I got Johnny Bench. Took some getting used to but he's by far the best option as far as I'm concerned. Hits for power, hits for average, great D (which is a glaring issue for Piazza) and has an absolute howitzer for an arm. Only thing lacking is speed. Piazza, Pudge, and Realmuto may have Bench beat on 1 or 2 attributes, but he does everything you want out of the position.
I have a decent amount of past balls with Bench. Is Piazza that much worse? Is it a passed ball every time with him? I’m considering Piazza for the 600 star reward is the reason I ask.
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I just started using a cap and even the gold 82 rating seems better than anyone I've used all year. 2008 chippers swing is money
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I just got Realmuto today via Finest rewards, can wait to use him, but have to hold off because currently using Garver just to finish up with Team Affinty point to unlock the final card to use for my collections towards Honus. Curious to see how he does for me. Want to see if he dethrones Pudge as my everyday who has been my everyday since I got him. Before that I used Carter, Torre, LS Realmuto, etc, none were great for me. Pudge has given me the best results thus far. I have not tried Piazza yet since I got Pudge due to Piazza's slower running speed & for me that is a must being that I am losing speed with Frank Thomas & Miguel Cabrera as it is in my line up.
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I've used every single diamond catcher in this game. Offensively, you're on your own. It just depends on who you think you hit best with. But defensively, they're ALL garbage. I use 99 Molina, arguably the best all around defensive catcher by attributes, but the way SDS programmed this game, he's garbage. Every single catcher in this game including Molina allows a ridiculous amount of passballs, particularly resulting in either allowing the batter to reach 1st on a strikeout pitch, or allowing runners to advance. I mean pitches in the dirt that little leaguers could make and keep in front of them, for some reason, catchers in this game just cannot.
I really hope this will be one of the many issues with this game that doesn't become a reoccurring problem in MLB20.
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Really depends who you hit best with. There’s no definitive best catcher in the game besides maybe Posada. I’d start with Realmuto, Grandal, Santiago, McCann, and Garver and if you can’t hit with any of them move to Piazza and Bench. After that Try Molina and Pudge. Don’t bother with Russell Martin he is absolute garbage
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99 Posey has been the best for me I would say. I don't have Posada. I think I tried his card in BR once and he raked. That was on All Star though obviously.
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The passed-balls are not as much of an issue if you don’t throw the breaking pitches that bounce three feet in front of the plate. I mean, you can throw a chase pitch that the catcher can actually block. It IS possible.
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@halfbutt said in Best Catcher in the Game?:
The passed-[censored] are not as much of an issue if you don’t throw the breaking pitches that bounce three feet in front of the plate. I mean, you can throw a chase pitch that the catcher can actually block. It IS possible.
I don't know dude, I've thrown fastballs down the middle and have the catcher somehow vacuum the ball into his armpit and straight to the back stop.
Now I just use Piazza for his bat and accept the fact that there's going to be some swings and misses on pitches in the zone that still won't be caught by the catcher lol.
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Brutal. I guess I’m lucky to have not had the worst of the passed bawl luck.
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Bench for me
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Passed ball problems are really bad and prevent you from pitching the way you want it’s pretty dumb.
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I’ve tried bench, realmuto, carter, and piazza. Carter and Piazza have the smallest sample sizes, but I’ve hit the best with Carter so far out of everybody. I’m currently using Piazza. I have about 40 at bats with him. The hitting is not great but he’s throwing out runners left and right. Go figure.
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I've played with Finest JT, SS Bench, Finest Grandal, and All-Star Weiters. Each of the starts out hot, but the averages end up way down when as the sample size grows.
Guy Gardner is the high contact switch hitting catcher of choice for my Emerald City Lanterns.
Kenny Lofton swing, in case you were wondering.
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I use 95 McCann now and JT. I have pudge, posey and Kendall. McCann is an underrated card
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I have used every catcher this game has to offer in terms of sigs, and they all kind of grade differently
If you want insane offense and defense that will do the job
Posada
Maybe finest grandal (side not my phone auto corrected to “finest grandad and I laughed way too hard and long at it)
If you want elite defense and serviceable offense
Pudge
Posey
Carter
MolinaIf you want a guy who’s elite at both
Bench
RealmutoIf you want a guy who is gonna only
Hit breaking pitches and lefties and throw 0 runners out and cost you games with pass balls but cost a dumb amount of StubsPiazza
If you want a guy who has decent stats on both sides but just doesn’t really make you that excited
Kendall
McCann
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@tommynachoes said in Best Catcher in the Game?:
I have used every catcher this game has to offer in terms of sigs, and they all kind of grade differently
If you want insane offense and defense that will do the job
Posada
Maybe finest grandal (side not my phone auto corrected to “finest grandad and I laughed way too hard and long at it)
If you want elite defense and serviceable offense
Pudge
Posey
Carter
MolinaIf you want a guy who’s elite at both
Bench
RealmutoIf you want a guy who is gonna only
Hit breaking pitches and lefties and throw 0 runners out and cost you games with pass balls but cost a dumb amount of StubsPiazza
If you want a guy who has decent stats on both sides but just doesn’t really make you that excited
Kendall
McCann
SantiagoThis is a pretty decent breakdown. I especially love your Piazza breakdown “...hits breaking pitches and lefties...” hilarious.
Never thought about McCann before might give him some run. Never thought of Posey as elite defense though.
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@tommynachoes said in Best Catcher in the Game?:
I have used every catcher this game has to offer in terms of sigs, and they all kind of grade differently
If you want insane offense and defense that will do the job
Posada
Maybe finest grandal (side not my phone auto corrected to “finest grandad and I laughed way too hard and long at it)
If you want elite defense and serviceable offense
Pudge
Posey
Carter
MolinaIf you want a guy who’s elite at both
Bench
RealmutoIf you want a guy who is gonna only
Hit breaking pitches and lefties and throw 0 runners out and cost you games with pass balls but cost a dumb amount of StubsPiazza
If you want a guy who has decent stats on both sides but just doesn’t really make you that excited
Kendall
McCann
SantiagoI think those groups are pretty spot on, but I’d add Carter in with Realmuto and Bench. Very similar offensive attributes to Realmuto, but with 120 vision and only okay speed for a catcher. I had much more success with him over Realmuto anyway.
