SURPRISE, Ariz. – This is a story about taking a stance on … taking a stance. It is the kind of debate that will rage throughout spring behind the doors of...
Texas Rangers special assistant Greg Maddux, left, gives pointers to pitcher Jack Leiter during a spring training workout at the team's training facility on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, in Surprise, Ariz.
Simply put, the data makes framing a bigger priority than blocking. The framing vs. blocking debate is one of those arguments that was just starting to bubble up about the time Bochy left the San Francisco Giants after 2019. Like every other change around the game, it has mushroomed in the last three years.
In short, there is no data to suggest that the one-knee stance really impedes blocking balls. Most balls that must be blocked are in the dirt but around home plate. The one-knee stance doesn’t allow a catcher to move laterally as much, but, unless a pitcher is dealing with the yips , they aren’t going to be a foot wide of the plate.
“Now, I do think it has be a concern when you have a huge run on base and you don’t want a ball to get by. From my own education, that’s the last thing you want to see happen, but it has happened, I think, more often the last couple of years. For me, it’s going to be what’s more important at the time. So, these are the things we’re talking about.”
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