Comments on: The Castillo Conundrum: A Brief History of Teams Playing Three Catchers http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/04/06/the-castillo-conundrum-a-brief-history-of-teams-playing-three-catchers/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Sat, 16 Feb 2019 21:04:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Wrigleyville - Baseball Prospectus http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/04/06/the-castillo-conundrum-a-brief-history-of-teams-playing-three-catchers/#comment-8447 Tue, 26 Jan 2016 13:00:54 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=95#comment-8447 […] Theo Epstein’s desire to strengthen the position by bringing in the veteran pair. While the Cubs surprised pundits by initially carrying three catchers on the roster, Castillo was eventually dealt to the […]

]]> By: Wrigleyville - Baseball Prospectus http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/04/06/the-castillo-conundrum-a-brief-history-of-teams-playing-three-catchers/#comment-4807 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 12:01:05 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=95#comment-4807 […] He managed having three catchers on the roster for longer than anyone thought possible. […]

]]> By: Wrigleyville - Baseball Prospectus http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/04/06/the-castillo-conundrum-a-brief-history-of-teams-playing-three-catchers/#comment-3952 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 13:01:28 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=95#comment-3952 […] Castillo: The man that launched a thousand bad food jokes, Castillo was actually the subject of my first-ever post for this site. Personal marginalia aside, Castillo’s had an interesting year. He was effectively demoted […]

]]> By: Wrigleyville - Baseball Prospectus http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/04/06/the-castillo-conundrum-a-brief-history-of-teams-playing-three-catchers/#comment-763 Tue, 19 May 2015 16:16:26 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=95#comment-763 […] it happened. Nobody expected the Cubs to carry three catchers all season—including me, when I examined the history of teams doing just that, back in April—and about an hour ago the Cubs made it official. […]

]]> By: Southport Cubs Fan http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/04/06/the-castillo-conundrum-a-brief-history-of-teams-playing-three-catchers/#comment-29 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 22:54:04 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=95#comment-29 Favorite line the article about the 2012 Cubs, “This was not, lest you forget, a very good baseball team.” Hilarious and accurate.

Very curious to see what happens with this catcher situation.

]]> By: Rian Watt http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/04/06/the-castillo-conundrum-a-brief-history-of-teams-playing-three-catchers/#comment-28 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 22:52:23 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=95#comment-28 Yeah, I was surprised by the number of ex/future Cubs on the list as well, though I suppose in part it’s a function of the number of backup catchers on the list – those guys get around.

With respect to a BP email address: when and if they give me one, I’ll post it!

]]> By: Rian Watt http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/04/06/the-castillo-conundrum-a-brief-history-of-teams-playing-three-catchers/#comment-27 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 22:51:02 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=95#comment-27 Yeah, they’re have been another good example of the limitations of the ‘Starts’ criterion (see my reply to Michael, above). That said, it looks like they made it work by having Tyler Houston come in as a defensive replacement at 3B and 1B late in games, in addition to starting twelve games at those two positions combined.

]]> By: sheeks50 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/04/06/the-castillo-conundrum-a-brief-history-of-teams-playing-three-catchers/#comment-21 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 18:40:29 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=95#comment-21 I am now operating under the assumption that Buster Posey is going to be the Cubs opening day catcher next season

]]> By: fang2415 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/04/06/the-castillo-conundrum-a-brief-history-of-teams-playing-three-catchers/#comment-14 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 13:05:14 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=95#comment-14 My primary takeaway from this article is that if you’re ever one of three catchers on a Major League Baseball team, there’s a 30% chance that you’ll play for the Cubs at some point in your career and a 60% chance that at least one of you will. Since this is a Cubs analysis blog, I demand an analysis of whether this is greater or less than the chance that a catcher will one day play for the Cubs no matter how many other catchers are on his team.

Incidentally, your bio describes my life with uncanny precision (although I haven’t been a grad student at the LSE for a few years now). You should post a BP email address so that people like me can more effectively send you unreasonable demands.

]]> By: cymbolguydude http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/04/06/the-castillo-conundrum-a-brief-history-of-teams-playing-three-catchers/#comment-12 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 04:05:17 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=95#comment-12 The 1998 Cubs actually had three catchers on the roster for most of the season (Scott Servais, Tyler Houston and Sandy Martinez). Sandy Martinez looks to have been on the roster most or all of the season, but only caught 33 games (one of which, however, was Kerry Wood’s 20K game). The weird thing about that situation was that Martinez was kept on the active roster, yet utilized so seldomly. I recall being a kid, looking at the Cubs’ statistics/active roster in the newspaper and having no idea who this, “Sandy Martinez” was, who I never recalled seeing, but was listed.

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