Last week, FanGraphs (finally) unveiled their catcher framing metrics and included it in their WAR model, so you know what that means? I get another excuse to talk about how good Buster Posey is. I also get an excuse to talk about how much better or worse some other Giants catchers (and pitchers!) are. We’ve had access to the Baseball Prospectus, StatCorner, and Sports Info Solution framing metrics for years, but FanGraphs’ numbers show how individual pitchers are affected based on who caught them.
First, let’s look at Buster Posey.