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Victor Caratini’s Strong Framing Skills Could Help Explain Willson Contreras Trade Rumors

Willson Contreras has been at the center of trade rumors this offseason, in part because of his noted framing issues. While he was able to make significant improvements in the second half of 2019, those served to move him from one of the worst framers to about league average. Meanwhile, Victor Caratini actually rated has one of the better framing catchers last season.

According to Baseball Prospectus, Caratini’s adjusted framing score of 4.4 ranked 19th of 56 qualified catchers (min. 2,500 chances), so he was essentially better than two-thirds of MLB.