Rob Brantly, C

[Erick]

He's worse than Solano.

[Todd]

Thats not an answer.

[Erick]

The answer is pretty obvious. Check out his statistics.

[HUGG]

Just to update these numbers (does not include tonight)

            IP  ER  ERA  AVG/ OBP/ SLG
Mathis   350.1  95 2.44 .222/.285/.316
Brantly  489.0 242 4.45 .269/.336/.431

Jose Fernandez
            IP  ER  ERA  AVG/ OBP/ SLG
Mathis    71.1  14 1.77 .166/.231/.237
Brantly   44.1  18 3.65 .231/.316/.331

Ricky Nolasco
            IP  ER  ERA  AVG/ OBP/ SLG
Mathis    22.0   4 1.64 .184/.215/.237
Brantly   72.0  36 4.50 .284/.333/.467

Tom Koehler
            IP  ER  ERA  AVG/ OBP/ SLG
Mathis    30.0  11 3.30 .257/.328/.363
Brantly   50.0  29 5.22 .255/.319/.452

Nathan Eovaldi
            IP  ER  ERA  AVG/ OBP/ SLG
Mathis    16.0   8 4.50 .290/.389/.484
Brantly   30.2  10 2.93 .173/.259/.279

Kevin Slowey
            IP  ER  ERA  AVG/ OBP/ SLG
Mathis    20.1   5 2.21 .275/.289/.388
Brantly   46.2  29 5.59 .321/.352/.561

Henderson Alvarez
            IP  ER  ERA  AVG/ OBP/ SLG
Mathis    17.2   5 2.35 .246/.279/.338
Brantly   20.1   6 2.66 .257/.321/.365

Steve Cishek
            IP  ER  ERA  AVG/ OBP/ SLG
Mathis    25.0   8 2.88 .236/.293/.258
Brantly   18.2   9 4.34 .229/.295/.400

A.J. Ramos
            IP  ER  ERA  AVG/ OBP/ SLG
Mathis    15.2   1 0.57 .080/.220/.100
Brantly   33.1  10 2.70 .202/.298/.315

Ryan Webb
            IP  ER  ERA  AVG/ OBP/ SLG
Mathis    11.1   3 2.38 .289/.373/.400
Brantly   18.2   8 3.86 .315/.367/.507

Mike Dunn
            IP  ER  ERA  AVG/ OBP/ SLG
Mathis    14.1   8 5.02 .295/.348/.393
Brantly   24.1   6 2.22 .186/.276/.302

Chad Qualls
            IP  ER  ERA  AVG/ OBP/ SLG
Mathis    16.2   4 2.16 .190/.266/.310
Brantly   20.2   5 2.18 .263/.309/.342

Dan Jennings
            IP  ER  ERA  AVG/ OBP/ SLG
Mathis    11.0   2 1.64 .189/.205/.297
Brantly   12.0   6 4.50 .267/.365/.356

*Brantly hasn't caught Jacob Turner

[Namaste]

What did Brantly do that was so heinous?

Poor kid has no clue where to position himself on throws to the plate from the OF

Marisnek had a guy thrown out by 8 feet but Brantly had his body to far in front of home plate (instead of letting the ball come to him).

[Beef]

There was that play with the bases loaded where he was smart enough to let the ball roll foul and then picked it up.

Mike Rabelo would have hurried to pick it up in fair territory and then celebrate.

[HUGG]

Mike Rabelo could make anyone look good though

[Beef]

Except Larry Beinfest

[Todd]

Didnt Beinfest demand Rabelo in the Cabrera trade?

[Beef]

Not sure. Was not there.

[Todd]

It might be possible that Larry Beinfest just has a way of evaluating potential catchers that is...foreign to every other person.

[Namaste]

There was that play with the bases loaded where he was smart enough to let the ball roll foul and then picked it up.

A catcher smart enough to let a ball roll foul?

That's some amazing shit right there. Who was the scout that found that needle in the haystack?

[Beef]

:-)

[Todd]

People are way too hard on the young catcher.

[Mainge]

He's really bad.