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Range
Arm Rating
E Rating
T Rating
PB Rating

I've never understood how all this works, and does it really matter...

This season if you had a choice between Ausmus, Schneider or Molina...who would you choose and why?

arm and T rating, then errors.

Range is basiaclly useless for a C, PB would probably be 4th on my list.

Can anyone explain this "plate blocking" capability and how it comes into play? I read that Luckyman attributed a lot of weight to this when comparing a 1 to a 4.

Range : Quickness on D , 1 very good , 5 very bad
Arm Rating : -5 very good arm - +5 your grandmother could steal on him
E Rating : How many errors expected to make over the course of a season
T Rating : Throwing rating , low means he's on target , high ? into CF
PB Rating : passed balls ( selfexplanitory )

[b:342e6a06c9]geekor[/b:342e6a06c9], I agreed with you for a long time, but I've now concluded that the plate-blocking scenario comes up often enough, and is significant enough when it occurs (changing a run into an out -- a much bigger deal than having a guy on 2nd rather than 1st, which is all SB defense is), that it can add up to something substantial. My research suggests that each point of catcher range is worth about four runs, give or take one or two. [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=251327]See my post in the "strategy" section for details.[/url] I have not tested arm yet.

(How plate-blocking works: There's a 10% chance on any throw to the plate that plate-blocking will determine the result. Thinking in terms of dice, if the runner has, let's say, a 1-14 chance to score, then a "14" or "15" roll means plate-blocking is in effect. If one of those numbers is rolled, the chance of the runner then being safe is:

1 range catcher: 10%
2: 30%
3: 50%
4: 70%
5: 90%)