So many good young catchers

[Crash2303]

Aside from Salome and LuCroy there are so many good young catchers in baseball right now- more than i can ever remember. Especially in the upper echelon- guys who seem to be the full package. Elite major leaguers 27yrs old and under:

Joe Mauer

Brian McCann

Russell Martin

Geovanny Soto

Kurt Suzuki

Matt Wieters- ready to break out soon

Plus you have guys like Chris Snyder, Mike Napoli, and Victor Martinez who are a little older but who may have not have even hit their full potential yet. Three guys (Carlos Santana, Buster Posey, & Jesus Montero) are uber talented and all, all-star capable ready to test the waters within a year.

Other top prospects on the cusp of the majors- some who have tasted it already, some not include:

Wilson Ramos- MIN

Hank Conger- LAA

Jason Castro- HOU

Tyler Flowers- CWS

Tony Sanchez- PIT

Angel Salome- MIL

Jonathan LuCroy- MIL

Max Ramirez- TEX

Lou Marson- CLE

not to mention highly regarded prospects who have yet to fulfill their billing in the majors:

Adam Moore

Nick Hundley

J.R. Towles

Jeff Mathis

In 2-3 years there is going to be so much good young catching- there will be no excuse if you are lacking backstop help. I could easily see 9-10 catchers all putting up all-star numbers then.

Edited May 19, 2010 by support

[Marc Newfield of Dreams]

Don't count Lou Palsmo out either...

[cwolf2012]

All the other teams have solvvd their catching problems. Hopefully Lucroy will do it for the Brewers next year.

[TooLiveBrew]

I think you mean "hopefullly" http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif