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One reason I wouldn't mind trading Patrick Bailey. His offensive fade after July 1, was terrible, and his September/October fade was literally one of the 20 worst in MLB history: as in worse than Casey Schmitt:

https://stathead.com/tiny/SYBwC

Add in the fact that his best skill is pitch framing, and MLB might go to all-electronic balls and strikes...and I wouldn't mind trading him.

Kapler ground Bailey into the dirt.  He was gassed.  It was obvious.  To anyone but Kapler.  Having said that, I don’t expect Bailey to be more than an average to slightly above average hitting catcher.  He is, however, special defensively.  Not just his pitch framing.  But how he works with the staff.  He also handles the running game well.

I don't think I agree with that, at least not as a starting catcher. He had 84 starts at catcher and came in as a defensive replacement 10 times. He was a hitting terror in May and June, batting about .326 with an OPS over .900. That was only after thirty starts. His batting average was .167 in July and his OPS dropped to .420. Now if you're claiming he was gassed after 30 starts, then I agree with you...because that's when his drastic batting falloff happened. Casey Schmitt's dropoff happened after 20 games. 

Bailey's defensive stats were interesting. Best framer in baseball, no question. Threw out 28% of runners attempting to steal, 4th best in the NL.  He also led the league in errors with 13 and passed balls with 8 in just 84 starts, though he did catch the 11th most innings in MLB. Hey, he's a rookie. He got tired. I get it. Posey's rookie year, he had 1 passed ball and 6 errors in about 100 fewer innings. Of course, Posey caught during the NLDS, NLCS and WS that year...

Interesting stats from Sacramento...Bailey was the 4th best catcher in terms of throwing out baserunners behind Genoves, Reetz and Bart. Bart and Genoves caught between 400 and 450 innings and Bailey caught 101, but Bart and Genoves had 8 errors each and Bailey had 5.  As for batting, Bart had a .750 OPS, Bailey's was .670 in Sacto. But Sacto stats don't mean much, after all Wade Meckler's OPS was .960.

[Mick]

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One reason I wouldn't mind trading Patrick Bailey. His offensive fade after July 1, was terrible, and his September/October fade was literally one of the 20 worst in MLB history: as in worse than Casey Schmitt:

https://stathead.com/tiny/SYBwC

Add in the fact that his best skill is pitch framing, and MLB might go to all-electronic balls and strikes...and I wouldn't mind trading him.

Kapler ground Bailey into the dirt.  He was gassed.  It was obvious.  To anyone but Kapler.  Having said that, I don’t expect Bailey to be more than an average to slightly above average hitting catcher.  He is, however, special defensively.  Not just his pitch framing.  But how he works with the staff.  He also handles the running game well.

I don't think I agree with that, at least not as a starting catcher. He had 84 starts at catcher and came in as a defensive replacement 10 times. He was a hitting terror in May and June, batting about .326 with an OPS over .900. That was only after thirty starts. His batting average was .167 in July and his OPS dropped to .420. Now if you're claiming he was gassed after 30 starts, then I agree with you...because that's when his drastic batting falloff happened. Casey Schmitt's dropoff happened after 20 games. 

Bailey's defensive stats were interesting. Best framer in baseball, no question. Threw out 28% of runners attempting to steal, 4th best in the NL.  He also led the league in errors with 13 and passed balls with 8 in just 84 starts, though he did catch the 11th most innings in MLB. Hey, he's a rookie. He got tired. I get it. Posey's rookie year, he had 1 passed ball and 6 errors in about 100 fewer innings. Of course, Posey caught during the NLDS, NLCS and WS that year...

Interesting stats from Sacramento...Bailey was the 4th best catcher in terms of throwing out baserunners behind Genoves, Reetz and Bart. Bart and Genoves caught between 400 and 450 innings and Bailey caught 101, but Bart and Genoves had 8 errors each and Bailey had 5.  As for batting, Bart had a .750 OPS, Bailey's was .670 in Sacto. But Sacto stats don't mean much, after all Wade Meckler's OPS was .960.