Alvarez is one of the best hitting catchers in all of minor-league baseball.

Source: https://fansided.com/2023/04/26/mets-rumors-3-prospect-shohei-ohtani/

Baseball has had a drought of catchers that can handle the workload lately, but there are a few in MLB The Show 23 that rise to the challenge.

Source: https://gamerant.com/mlb-the-show-23-10-best-catchers-ranked-power-contact-fielding-ratings/

But, as we welcome in 2023, and I, like so many others, eagerly await pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training camps next month, I keep going back to thinking of one specific baseball memory.

Source: https://wibx950.com/syracuse-mets-part-of-most-exciting-baseball-game-of-all-time/

Dozens of vendors will be set up selling, trading, and giving away garden and house plants, vegetable plants, pottery and planters, garden art and garden-themed art, herbal goodies and local honey, wind chimes and sun catchers and more.

Source: https://bossierpress.com/scratch-your-garden-itch-at-the-downtown-plant-swap-saturday-april-15/

He's hit eight home runs this season, which ties the number of home runs hit by all Mets catchers last season.

Source: https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/jorge-soler-julio-rodriguez-headline-ben-verlanders-team-of-the-week

“Him and I, I truly believe, are probably the two best catchers in the country.”

Source: https://thecrimsonwhite.com/108176/sports/alabama-starts-strong-sweeps-richmond-in-opening-weekend-series/

However, Boston has acquired catchers this offseason, so Thaiss might be off the table.

Source: https://nesn.com/2023/12/angels-open-for-business-who-red-sox-could-target-in-trade/

In addition to Mayer and Anthony, the participants will include catchers Kyle Teel and Nathan Hickey, infielders Chase Meidroth and Nick Yorke, and pitchers Isaiah Campbell, Richard Fitts, Wikelman Gonzalez, Luis Perales and Justin Slaten.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/12/20/marcelo-mayer-roman-anthony-to-take-part-in-red-sox-rookie-development-program/

In Paris, rat catchers hurled rodent cadavers at City Hall Wednesday in one of the more memorable illustrations of how Macron’s plans to raise the national retirement age from 62 to 64 have stoked workers’ fury.

Source: https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/apr/06/protests-again-hit-france-as-striker-numbers-dwindle/

Of course, the primary benefit for the catchers of using the one-knee technique is that it’s not as stressful on the legs.

Source: https://www.dailynews.com/2023/03/07/angels-max-stassi-adjusts-to-new-style-of-catching/

Sean Murphy, Adley Rutschman, Jonah Heim, Will Smith and Gabriel Moreno lead a generation of catchers as good with their bats as their gloves.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/09/sports/baseball/sean-murphy-jonah-heim-catchers.html

She caught in all but three games this year with only one error to her name and three passed balls, marking herself as one of the best catchers in the nation.

Source: https://www.nationofblue.com/kentucky-softballs-erin-coffel-and-kayla-kowalik-named-first-team-all-sec/

The moves leave the Sox with 50 players remaining in camp: 26 pitchers, four catchers, 12 infielders and eight outfielders.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2023/3/12/23636944/reliever-aaron-bummer-progressing-on-schedule-grifol-romy-gonzalez-southpaw

The Ravens had every chance to blow out the Pittsburgh Steelers and instead came home with a thanks to late turnovers from Lamar Jackson, inexplicable drops from his pass catchers and a critical lapse on special teams.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/10/12/five-things-we-learned-from-the-ravens-17-10-loss-to-the-pittsburgh-steelers-2/

The same goes for Pudge Rodríguez and Molina, whom many young catchers such as Christian Vázquez, aspire to emulate.

Source: https://nesn.com/2023/09/all-puerto-rico-team-hall-of-fame-crew-leads-legendary-lineup/

They run better than most catchers.”

Source: https://www.salisburypost.com/2023/07/23/american-legion-baseball-catching-corp-instrumental-in-rowans-success/

Those injuries should give us a better idea of the angle to take on this game and props for each team’s pass catchers.

Source: https://nesn.com/bets/2023/09/patriots-cowboys-betting-preview-trends-props-pick-for-week-4/

While Maldonado’s reputation as a leader for pitching staffs and game calling are excellent, his framing numbers fell to last among qualified catchers per Statcast last season, and he threw out 14% of attempting base stealers.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2023/12/26/24015892/white-sox-sign-catcher-martin-maldonado

With less than a week to go before pitchers and catchers report, fans of the San Diego Padres can heave a big sigh of relief.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/danschlossberg/2023/02/09/san-diego-contract-extension-keeps-yu-darvish-in-padres-livery-for-six-more-seasons/

“You had Quaker abolitionists and Underground Railroad agents like Still on the one hand, and slave catchers and kidnappers of free Black people on the other.

Source: https://www.philasun.com/local/new-walking-tour-reveals-phillys-brave-black-community-of-the-1830s/