RRod named Prospect of the Year by The Athletic

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Some say that Jason Kendall's horrific broken leg injury was the Baseball Gods' way of saying catchers shouldn't be 6'-0", 180#. Verily, Kendall was punished, banished to the wilderness of LF, only to return when the Baseball Gods also agreed that LF's shouldn't have a sub-50% stolen base success rate.

[WAR God]

I said this in September 2025 (humble brag)

I’m far from an expert. I also had concerns about the arm after watching some clips. It’s not good. He has a long throwing motion. He’s also generally lumbering behind the plate.

I think evaluators underrate the bat though.

I still don’t think he sticks behind the plate. It doesn’t look good imo.

[cardsfantx]

I said this in September 2025 (humble brag)

I’m far from an expert. I also had concerns about the arm after watching some clips. It’s not good. He has a long throwing motion. He’s also generally lumbering behind the plate.

I think evaluators underrate the bat though.

I still don’t think he sticks behind the plate. It doesn’t look good imo.

well it's wrong lol

his release is lightning quick behind the plate; he's not yadi (no one is), but his release is elite and I've seen him throw out quite a few in games. Nothing about his throwing motion is long.

throwing out 30% as a 19 year old against older/faster AA players is pretty damn good.

he also blocks very well

[WAR God]

We will see how it pans out. If they let him play catcher or not in the bigs.

[ghostrunner]

I think catcher is fine. He looks like a catcher to me. Either 1st or 3rd, which I've seen proposed, I'm less confident.

[cardsfantx]

Hey Pablo Sandoval played 3b, so ya never know

Now is the time to learn it/try it out now, while on the minors

None of this, let’s give it a shot in the bigs

If he can handle it, great. If not, the bat plays splitting time at C/DH