Suddenly, Brian Schneider Looks Like A Stud!

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• Raudel January 30, 2009 at 4:58 pm

  i wouldnt say a stud…but yeah…he looks much better lol.
• D January 30, 2009 at 5:50 pm

  Now how is it that he looks like a stud?
• Haley January 30, 2009 at 6:13 pm

  I dont think he will ever look like a stud…
• Amazin86er January 30, 2009 at 6:36 pm

  Considering what Brian Schneider gave the Mets from a offensive and especially a defensive standpoint in 2008 then the word “stud” and Brian Schneider’s name should never be mentioned in reference.
• Kay January 30, 2009 at 7:32 pm

  Really Amazin86er? .994 FPCT and only 5 errors with a new team is not too shabby I’d say. Offensively .257 – not stellar – not horrible for a catcher though.
• Joe D. January 30, 2009 at 7:34 pm

  wow, Kay is defending me?
  LOL, I think I’ll pick me up a lottery ticket in the morning. I’m feeling lucky.
• Amazin86er January 30, 2009 at 7:48 pm

  Yeah really, anybody who watched Schneider on a regular basis can tell you he was borderline awful defensively. Sometimes the numbers do not tell the whole story especially defensively. The fact that there has been a rift within the organization concerning Schneider’s pitch calling ability and overall defensive skills should also be another indication. Do you remember the excuse Brian gave everyone for the reason he was botching so many balls? A new glove. He was sacrificing the game on the field because he was breaking in a new glove. Sure he was. I can promise you MLB players do not break in new gloves during games that are meaningful.
• Amazin86er January 30, 2009 at 8:11 pm

  Not to mention all the wild pitches that should have been ruled passed balls. If Brian has to reach for a pitch across his body then there is a 50/50 chance it is going to the backstop. Also in no way does he block balls well. I will say that he has an above average arm from a strength standpoint.
• Kay January 30, 2009 at 8:12 pm

  Well Amazin86er – I watched reguarly and I didn’t think he was awful defnsively – I think you are blowing things out of proportion.
  How do YOU know if there was rift in the organization concerning his pitch calling ability? Are you a member of the organization?
  Joe – I’m ALWAYS on your side – what are you talking about – I just try and help you off the ledge once or twice a day!!!
• Kay January 30, 2009 at 8:14 pm

  Well Amazin86er – who do you think the Mets can get, that will do a better job at this point.
• Amazin86er January 30, 2009 at 8:23 pm

  At this point or any point for that matter this offseason there has not been much available from a catching standpoint but that does not make Brian Schneider a good defensive player just because there are no other options. Good catchers are few and far in between and when you get a good one you do not let them get away. For as much attention as Schneider got for supposedly being a great defensive player his actual performance left a lot to be desired. Hopefully in 2009 the real Brian Schneider will show up but only time will tell.
• Kay January 30, 2009 at 8:26 pm

  Where is all this attention of him being great you are referring to? He’s a decent catcher, not great, FAR FROM HORRIBLE. He’s better defensively then Piazza, but Piazza’s offensive numbers trumped his by SO much and others on the team, his lack of defensive skills get quite overlooked.
  I think he’s the best “catcher” the Mets have had in years.
• Amazin86er January 30, 2009 at 8:32 pm

  All you heard was how great of a defensive catcher he was and how great he was at handling a pitching staff and in my opinion he did none of those things above average if average at all and I live in the Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD area and have seen plenty of Schneider from his days with the Nationals. Speaking of the rift in the organization, if you do not believe the numerous reports from many outlets then I guess there is no rift.
• Amazin86er January 30, 2009 at 8:36 pm

  Outside of the throwing arm I would take Paul Lo Duca over Brian Schneider.
  I am not saying in the present day I would as Paul is basically finished but he was the better player.
• Anonymous January 31, 2009 at 1:31 am

  That’s cheap, disengenous ploy to get visitors to your site via very misleading title. It worked but at cost to the integrity of your product.
• Des January 31, 2009 at 11:55 am

  It looks like we have some differences of opinion about Lo Duca and Schneider. So I went to the total career records as a catcher and adjusted all records to reflect ‘equivalent games of 9 innings.’ Here is what they say;
  On Caught Stealing (higher is better): Schneider gets 38.4% while Lo Duca gets 30.4%
  Since Schneider has a higher Caught Stealing percentage, you would expect fewer attempts would be made against him. In fact the numbers bear this out. Opposition runners try to steal 31.0% less times per game when Schneider is catching.
  On actual Stolen Bases per game (lower is better): Schneider permits 0.429 and Lo Duca 0.702. To flesh out the practical significance of these numbers, they mean that for every three games Lo Duca caught, he allowed the about the same number of Stolen Bases as Schneider did in almost five games.
  On Passed Balls (lower is better): Schneider has 22.2% less. Per game 0.46% to 0.59%.
  Additional investigation can be done on Assists, Errors, and Range Factor, but that’s for another time. Nothing jumped out on these metrics so I didn’t include them.
  P.S.: I have the background numbers for all these statistics, but they become mind-numbing so I didn’t include them.