I am not ready to toss the Red Sox catchers into the ocean as some type of chum over the pitching staff collectively running their own home run derby contest. The hero for some rests in Pawtucket and that is Sandy Leon who has suddenly emerged as a defensive recreation of Roy Campanella or Ivan Rodriguez.
I take nothing away for Leon’s defensive capabilities since pitchers have long expressed admiration for his game-calling skills. If you are an advocate for CERA (Catchers Earned Run Average) then Leon is remarkably talented. Even with such recent statistical evidence as pitch framing, Leon’s 11.