July 25, 201610 yr People like to rag on Piazza's defense. And yes, he wasn't great at throwing out base stealers. But handling a pitching staff is more important than throwing out guys stealing. And Piazza was better pretty good at handling a pitching staff. He wasn't nearly as horrible as people like to make him out to be. So about Mike Piazza's defense ... - SBNation.com Listened to his speech today. Even though it sucked to sit in the top row of Riverfront while Al Leiter tossed a two hitter, I chuckled when Piazza said he didn't shake off a pitch during that performance. Guy could mash and came really close to three batting titles.
July 25, 201610 yr Not top 5 love. Not even top 10 love. I think defensively puts Yadi in the top 10 discussion. He was bad with the bat the first few years but improved over the years.
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