Is McCann the better catcher right now?

[Rbiggs2525]

Hear me out:

Baseball is a grind and this could change at any moment. Right now does James McCann give this team the best chance to win? He seems like the superior pitch caller and 10% higher at CS percentage. Everyone is going to give Efflin his credit tonight which he deserves 100%. James McCann deserves credit for calling a great game. 120 plus pitches he kept the Rays off balance. The Orioles have won 5 consecutive McCann starts.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Rbiggs2525 said:

Hear me out:

Baseball is a grind and this could change at any moment. Right now does James McCann give this team the best chance to win? He seems like the superior pitch caller and 10% higher at CS percentage. Everyone is going to give Efflin his credit tonight which he deserves 100%. James McCann deserves credit for calling a great game. 120 plus pitches he kept the Rays off balance. The Orioles have won 5 consecutive McCann starts.

I think the team decides on the gameplan and the pitcher and catcher work together to execute it.

I think the days of the catcher calling a game by feel is long gone.

I also think stolen bases are pretty overrated and don't actually have that big an impact on scoring.

[clapdiddy]

Count me as one who thinks McCann is a better catcher.   I don't think it's really that close.

[bpilktree67]

8 minutes ago, Rbiggs2525 said:

Hear me out:

Baseball is a grind and this could change at any moment. Right now does James McCann give this team the best chance to win? He seems like the superior pitch caller and 10% higher at CS percentage. Everyone is going to give Efflin his credit tonight which he deserves 100%. James McCann deserves credit for calling a great game. 120 plus pitches he kept the Rays off balance. The Orioles have won 5 consecutive McCann starts.

I believe it 6 straight.  It does help that 3 are Efflin starts 1 GRod 1 Burns and 1 Suarez start.  

[G54377]

I'd love to see a breakdown of pitcher ERA with each catcher.

[theobird]

He is certainly an excellent number 2 catcher, for sure. Not too long ago posters were calling to replace him. Zi laughed at that idea. We are really fortunate to have the catcher situation that we have

[Rbiggs2525]

7 minutes ago, bpilktree67 said:

I believe it 6 straight.  It does help that 3 are Efflin starts 1 GRod 1 Burns and 1 Suarez start.  

You are correct, i did not add tonight’s in. We are 3-9 in Rutchman catching starts in that same time frame.

[Chavez Ravine]

It’s time to extend Adley. 

[Aristotelian]

Both Hyde and Eflin talked about how well they have worked together in Eflin's three starts. Could be a personal catcher situation developing?

[EddeeEddee]

For the past month McCann has been the better hitter too.  Adley is in a major post ASB funk.

[EddeeEddee]

1 minute ago, Chavez Ravine said:

It’s time to extend Adley. 

He's not playing well lately.  Maybe they could extend him for cheap.

[Cuellar35]

Rutschman was the man who started this train rolling.  He should never have to pay for a meal in Baltimore.

[OriolesMagic83]

21 minutes ago, clapdiddy said:

Count me as one who thinks McCann is a better catcher.   I don't think it's really that close.

Let me see him turn a bunch of Kremer and Rogers starts into wins before I'm a believer.

[Frobby]

15 minutes ago, G54377 said:

I'd love to see a breakdown of pitcher ERA with each catcher.

McCann 3.83, Rutschman 3.97 before tonight.  

[bpilktree67]

8 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Let me see him turn a bunch of Kremer and Rogers starts into wins before I'm a believer.

Yeah I think it lot more who the starting pitcher is then the starting catcher.  We are 9-1 in games started by Burnes, GRod, and Efflin.  We are 2-9 started by the other guys.