Originally Posted by
CaptainHook
Unless you are drafting them as a hitter first and catcher second. You shouldn't pass on a guy with a great bat just because he was a catcher in HS.
I did a draft study from 1997-2000 and catchers from anywhere were easily the worst draft picks made in that time. Here is a list of guys drafted as catchers who made it to the majors out of the 60 drafted in the first 5 rounds... not an awe inspiring list.
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Name AB H 2B 3B HR BB K PA Notes
Brandon Inge 2406 581 116 24 71 195 561 2672 316 of 728 games at catcher
Robert Fick 2176 567 110 11 67 216 344 2437 178 of 2176 games as catcher
Matt Lecroy 1368 358 67 1 60 123 328 1519 120 of 469 games at catcher
Yadier Molina 937 223 47 1 16 62 91 1033
Josh Bard 744 201 44 1 22 68 119 816
Jayson Werth 721 177 39 6 25 87 232 825 Never played a MLB game as a catcher
Gerald Laird 474 126 30 2 10 31 107 520
J.D. Closser 447 107 21 3 10 50 93 506
Ryan Doumit 380 90 22 1 12 26 90 435
Jason Grabowski 301 59 8 1 11 33 85 335
Rob Bowen 131 27 5 0 4 17 40 153
Koyie Hill 117 27 7 0 1 13 35 132
Brandon Harper 41 12 3 0 2 4 4 46
J.R. House 19 2 1 0 0 0 4 19
Mike Tonis 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 7
Dane Sardinha 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5