Catcher impact

[BobC]

Originally Posted by packs

I don't know about that. I can think of two catchers who were pretty poor handlers of pitchers: Joe Torre and Joe Girardi. Notorious for killing arms.

I meant that more in terms of their egos and moods, etc., since they had to hang out and work directly with pitchers all the time while catching. Not necessarily just about how they handled their pitch selections and pitch counts.