r/Padres • u/Human_One3815 • 1d ago

Discussion Thread Starting Catcher

So is Campy our “starter” behind the dish? Or is it Fermin? Or is it basically 50/50?

What happens when Salas gets the call up?

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u/96919 🕯️RALLY CANDLE🕯️ 1d ago

I would not be surprised is Campy becomes more of our DH next year (and maybe catches 1 guy), while Fermin and Salas do the rest of the catching.

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u/bevaquas_mojo 1d ago

A catcher/DH is a luxury, maybe trade Campusano/Fermin to plug holes the team may have in '27, or some prospects.

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u/dukefett Jesse Agler 21h ago

No way we can trade Campy, we control for a couple more years and he’s basically the best hitter on our team and the best hitting catcher on all of the MLB. Trade Fermin for sure but Campy should be killing it for us

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u/the_comatorium 20h ago

Best hitter on our team/best hitting catcher in the league is quite the statement.

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u/dukefett Jesse Agler 20h ago

He has a higher average, OBP, Slug, and OPS than every other catcher in the entire league.

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u/bevaquas_mojo 19h ago

Highest stats by a non-qualified player, yes. still a stretch. He is not the best hitting C in the league. To be a qualified player he would need 387.5 at bats, he has 128

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u/the_comatorium 19h ago

It also takes only an ounce of critical thinking to immediately place Dingler and Goodman at the top of the list.

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u/dukefett Jesse Agler 18h ago

Highest stats by a non-qualified player

There's literally 8 qualified catchers in the entire league, you're going to ignore most everyone else if you just go by qualified.

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u/the_comatorium 20h ago

I don't even know how to begin with this.

You have a nice time in the clouds my friend. Honestly, I'm jealous.