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last year just by working on it.  And he wasn't clutzy.  Third base is about reactions and not screwing up throws.  Vinnie looks like he's being very careful with his throws this year, and honestly the couple of times I saw errors from him last year it looked careless rather than brain-cramp.
Mangini was a brain-cramper.  I loved so many things about his game but he would do that 10th-play-a-plop thing.  That and his health destroyed him with us.  We have a couple other guys with the need to sharpen their focus in the field:  Franklin and Miller.  They have to do it at SS though.  I have more faith in Franklin to do it than Miller, but I'm fine with where Vinnie looks like he's going.  
If Catricala can't play third long-term then he can't.  Like you said, running Mark Reynolds out there can be a huge defensive hindrance and take away from his value at the plate.  Happened to Ryan Braun.  Happened to Alex Gordon.  If you can hit enough it's survivable.  I think he's gonna be more like Aramis (.900 fielding % minors, better in the bigs) though, and be able to play there unless you feel a need for a glove man at the position and have a hole at a different corner.
So far the Ms are more than willing to keep him at 3rd, and I'm thrilled about it. We'll see how long they're willing to keep him in the minors if he keeps hitting like this.
~G