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Krill Catcher Hitting His Stride
May 23, 2061: Forever Land – It may be hard to remember, but there was a time when Krill fans were calling for the total dismemberment of one Pedro Jiménez, with the idea that the best use of him might well be a chum for the krill cages.
Time flies though.
Jiménez Turns
Jeers to CheersThis week the team wasted a splendid 4-hit, 1-HR, 5-RBI game from Jiménez, losing to the Kernels by the embarrassing score of Des Moines 6, Jiménez 5. The performance raised the catcher’s batting average to .308 to go with his .354 OBP and his 6 homers. At 28, it seems that Jiminez is proving the voters who awarded his 2060 Puckett Award justified. Perhaps even more encouraging, his defensive acumen has gone off the charts.
Want an example?
Well … to no one’s surprise, Portland’s Allan Uecker leads all catchers in baseball, having registered 10.4 Framing Runs so far. Can you guess who is second? Pedro Jiménez, of course. And it’s really, really close. Jimenez sits at 10.1 Framing Runs. And to put that under a microscope, Jimenez has done his 10.1 runs in 34 games, whereas Uecker has used 39 to get his 10.4 Framing Runs. So, arguably, Jimenez has been better when compared on a game-by-game basis.
Put it all together, Jimenez has registered 2.3 WAR to date this season, which leads all catchers by a pretty wide margin (Long Beach’s big-name catcher Rhys Atticus, and Charm Cities’ Tokimasa Yano are tied for second with 1.8 WAR).
So, really, it all adds up to the final question, right?
Is Pedro Jiménez—the guy the club took as their second round pick in 2057, then rushed up to the bigs—currently the best catcher in baseball?
Right now, you might be hard-pressed to avoid answering yes.
May 23, 2061: Forever Land – It may be hard to remember, but there was a time when Krill fans were calling for the total dismemberment of one Pedro Jiménez, with the idea that the best use of him might well be a chum for the krill cages.
Time flies though.
Jiménez Turns
Jeers to Cheers
Want an example?
Well … to no one’s surprise, Portland’s Allan Uecker leads all catchers in baseball, having registered 10.4 Framing Runs so far. Can you guess who is second? Pedro Jiménez, of course. And it’s really, really close. Jimenez sits at 10.1 Framing Runs. And to put that under a microscope, Jimenez has done his 10.1 runs in 34 games, whereas Uecker has used 39 to get his 10.4 Framing Runs. So, arguably, Jimenez has been better when compared on a game-by-game basis.
Put it all together, Jimenez has registered 2.3 WAR to date this season, which leads all catchers by a pretty wide margin (Long Beach’s big-name catcher Rhys Atticus, and Charm Cities’ Tokimasa Yano are tied for second with 1.8 WAR).
So, really, it all adds up to the final question, right?
Is Pedro Jiménez—the guy the club took as their second round pick in 2057, then rushed up to the bigs—currently the best catcher in baseball?
Right now, you might be hard-pressed to avoid answering yes.
