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Yadier Molina’s game-calling and the Gold Glove
Published 4/8/2009 by PHE at Pitchers Hit Eighth :: A St. Louis Cardinals blog
... to them (basic, high level explanation). The guy who put it all together, smarter than I, is John Dewan, author of The Fielding Bible II. I should qualify that I have not read the whole book, but I do have an excerpt from Sabernomics.com that presents information from Dewan putting together lists of the thirty-five catchers with most innings caught for 2006, 2007, 2008, and the sum of those three years. Yadier Molina ranked second to Jason Kendall in Runs Saved over the past three years, with nineteen and ...

Buster Posey and Pablo Sandoval
Published 3/18/2009 by Grant at McCovey Chronicles
... The more I think about it, though, having two young catchers who can moonlight at different positions would be fantastic. If the best comparison for Posey is a young Jason Kendall, it’s worth wondering what Kendall’s career would have looked like if he only had to catch 100 games a year. If Posey’s bat will play at any position, an ideal situation would be to have him rest his legs frequently by playing him at another position. With Sandoval on the roster, the Giants could do that without losing any offense. They’d move Sandoval from third (or ...

Ryan Doumit Does His Imitation Of A Pretzel
Published 3/11/2009 by Andy Smith at Bugs & Cranks
... This is Pirates catcher Ryan Doumit getting hit by a pitch agains the Red sox on Monday. Notice how Doumit manages to move every part of his body except for thos which are actually in the way of the thrown ball. We may not have won many games over the last sixteen years, but I will say one thing. We’ve had a proud line of catchers that see the value in taking a 95 mph fastball to the leg in order to get on first base. Sneaky SOB’s. ...

2009 Milwaukee Milestones
Published 2/21/2009 by TheJay at Brew Crew Ball
... Last year Jason Kendall recorded a career high 1025 putouts behind the plate. He may not play as much this season, but he's only 370 putouts away from Gary Carter's major league record of 11785 in a career. If Kendall records putouts at his career average of 6.43 per game, he'll set the record in his 58th game. As you might expect, he's also close to the total chances record, needing only 588 more to steal that from Carter. ...

MILWAUKEE BREWERS - ALL TIME HOME GROWN TEAM vs. ALL TIME ACQUIRED TEAM
Published 2/19/2009 by Sully (info@sullybaseball.com) at SULLY BASEBALL
... his only full season in Milwaukee before injuries took their toll, but it was an important year. It changed the culture in Milwaukee and turned the team into winners. Hisle became a champion as a coach with the Toronto Blue Jays. It would be interesting to write a list of the veteran coaches who got their first World Series ring as a coach.... do I smell a new Sully Baseball list? Let's finish this one first! RESERVE CATCHER JASON KENDALL After nine seasons of not contending in Pittsburgh, Jason Kendall has turned ...

2009 Poetic Interlude #3: 88 Lines About 44 Athletics
Published 1/25/2009 by monkeyball at Athletics Nation
... type, he's the one who drove runs in. Barry had a wack curve, and umps were afraid of a curve like that. Melhuse earned his paycheck sitting down where the coaches sat. [Full Poetic Interlude after the jump.] Menechino had an armless hurl, a peripatetic Major-Leaguer. Sweeney was a Jesus-freak, we liked his kind of mentoring. Greg Smith had this special way of turning singles into outs. Kendall proved he couldn't hit, kept the starts or he would pout. ...

Walkoff Walk Presents the BONILLA Projection System: Age 35
Published 1/12/2009 by Kris Liakos at Walkoff Walk
... Played 140 games for Houston Astros but still somehow most popular Anaheim Angel. Sleeps with a chunk of surfwax by his head. Geoff Jenkins, RF: Career .490 SLG. B-R lists new teammate Raul Ibanez as a similar hitter. Kind of looks like Brett Favre. Derek Jeter, SS: Hasn't won a title in 8 years. Posted 3rd lowest OPS of career last season. Rear end smells like Rob Iracane's face anyway. Jason Kendall, C: Seems way way older than this. Dad Fred had a sandwich career. Has ...

NL Central Smackdown : Catchers
Published 5/2/2008 by Rob G. at The Cub Reporter (TCR) | A Chicago Cubs Blog
... Geovany Soto N/A 4.5 2 Jason Kendall 3.47 1.1 4 ...

Baseball Analysts 2008 NL Central Preview
Published 3/21/2008 by Patrick Sullivan and Marc Hulet at Baseball Analysts
... Sully: I would say that Jason Kendall might hurt this Brewer lineup but how far is there to fall off of Johnny Estrada's 2007 effort? A big key for the Brew Crew will be ...

The Top 79 Cub Killers of My Time #65: Jason “Has the Genitals of a” Kendall
Published 3/20/2008 by Bad Kermit at Hire Jim Essian
... . Kendall was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates as the twenty-third overall pick of the 1992 draft. In 1996, at the young age of twenty-two, Kendall was anointed the Pirates’ catcher of the future. He appeared to be just that. In his first year, Kendall played in 130 games, put up a .300/.372/.401 line , finished third in the NL Rookie of the Year voting (behind winner Todd Hollandsworth and Edgar Renteria), and was selected to the All-Star Game. A pest at the plate with a discerning eye, Kendall drew 35 walks in his rookie year while striking out only 30 times. Against the ...

The upstarts and letdowns of 2007
Published 1/24/2008 by Sal Baxamusa at The Hardball Times
... fear factor? It could just be that as guys become better hitters, pitchers elect to throw less-hittable pitches, which in turn leads to more walks than might be expected. And while he was a great player in his halcyon days, which pitcher is afraid to throw a strike to Jason Kendall ? Pitchf/x gurus, this could be an interesting thing to look at. Contact Strikeouts per plate appearance (>250 PA) Player Actual Projected Diff Craig Biggio .201 .143 +.058 Craig Monroe .252 .194 +.057 B.J. Upton .281 .225 +.055 Brandon Inge .259 .205 +.054 Jack Cust .323 .270 +.052 Brad Ausmus ...

SFR in the Infield - AL West
Published 1/3/2008 by Dan Agonistes at Dan Agonistes
... Blanton OAK 1 28 3 0 2.1 Dan Haren OAK 1 19 2 1 0.8 Chad Gaudin OAK 1 23 2 2 0.0 Joe Kennedy OAK 1 23 3 4 -0.6 Jay Marshall OAK 1 19 2 3 -0.9 Lenny DiNardo OAK 1 21 2 6 -2.7 Jason Kendall OAK 2 19 2 2 -0.1 Kurt Suzuki ...

NLC Transactions 11/26-12/01
Published 12/2/2007 by KC2HMZ at Red Hot Mama
The Reds finalized their previously reported deal with closer Francisco “I’m Not Chad” Cordero . The Astros signed OF Jose Cruz Jr. , IFs Kevin Hooper and Tomas Perez and LHP Stephen Randolph to minor league deals with invitations to spring training. The Brewers inked C Jason Kendall (son of Fred Kendall , who the Reds drafted in 1967) to a one-year contract that guarantees him $4.25 million this year. The lawyers must have had a field day with this one. Kendall can earn $1 million in performance bonuses next year: $100,000 ...

Astros Save Cubs From Matsui
Published 12/1/2007 by cubsnet at CubsNet.com
... for his career; c) he's 32; d) the most games he has played in a season in his four-year MLB career is 114; and e) the Cubs already carry second basemen like Tony LaRussa carries LOOGYs. As Wrigleyville says, the Astros are saving Jim Hendry here. Meanwhile, a couple of the other division foes are signing Cubs' rejects to multi-million dollar contracts. The Brewers sign the catcher who lost his starting catcher on a playoff team to the guy just getting some ...

Hello Kendall?
Published 11/21/2007 by Brad at Chuckie Hacks
What does everybody think about the possibility of Jason Kendall in a Brewer uniform? At this point in his career, he's pretty much a slappy who can get on base and who's average (at best) defensively. But, he seems like a good teammate who would be considered a "Milwaukee guy." Career Numbers

Free agent rundown Part I: Squatters and Shorties
Published 11/6/2007 by Caleb at Breaking Balls
... Jason Kendall ...

The Fanboy's Guide to 81 Wins
Published 11/4/2007 by Chris Needham at Capitol Punishment
... is a former Red who at least has a glimmer of offense in the not-too distant past. Jason Kendall is washed-up, but has a solid defensive rep (tho he'd probably command a bit more money). ...

Breaking it Down
Published 10/3/2007 by The Hundley at Thunder Matt's Saloon
... Jason Kendall ...

To Pudge or not to Pudge
Published 10/1/2007 by billfer at The Detroit Tiger Weblog
... includes the likes of Jason Kendall and ...

Average Joe
Published 9/4/2007 by Chris Dall at The Bleacher Bums
... in today's Strib. For starters, I think Mauer deserves a bit of a pass for this year, because it seems clear now that he hasn't really been healthy. His willingness to play through pain notwithstanding, I think the quad injury has affected him at the plate. So I think he's a better hitter than he's shown this year, and while he may not win another batting title, my guess is that we can expect him to put up better numbers than he has this year. His swing, his discipline at the plate, and his eye are just too good. But the real issue, as has been noted, is that he's been built up by the organization (and our local media) to be a special talent. Well, a guy who hits above .300, gives you 5-10 home runs and 60-80 rbi's isn't really all that special. Yes, those numbers are rare for a good defensive catcher, but it's not like they're unprecedented. Jason Kendall put up similar numbers for the Pirates for his first few years. ...