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You say that it has value Champ, but your arguments then revert to assuming 0.0 runs for the 33% CS rate.
Why do you compare him to two of the greatest catching arms of all time and then imply that his arm isn't that big a deal? Ichiro has offensive value, but he's not Albert Pujols or even Lou Gehrig with the bat.
If a lockdown (0.0 SB runs) catcher is worth 10 or even 5 runs to an ML manager, this whole conversation changes, correct?
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Johjima-san was a tremendous shutdown catcher. :- ) How's he doing now, by the way?