The Brewers had a need at catcher after starter Yasmani Grandal signed a four-year, $73 million contract with the Chicago White Sox last month.
In addition, his .284 career batting average as a Brewer is tied for tenth in team history. But most of Moore’s action -- 892 games -- came as a catcher. His best season, offensively, was in 1983 when he hit .308/.351/.448 with 13 home runs and 108 RBI’s. No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans. There was a lot of talent at the top of the 1985 Draft, in which the Brewers took Surhoff out of the University of North Carolina with the top pick ahead of the likes of Will Clark (second to the Giants), Bobby Witt (third to the Rangers), Barry Larkin (fourth to the Reds), Barry Bonds (sixth to the Pirates) and Rafael Palmeiro (22nd to the Cubs).
So, Stearns regrouped and traded Lucroy to the Rangers instead for a package of prospects headlined by Lewis Brinson. 1 overall draft pick in Brewers history. His -8.2 framing runs ranked 105th out of 113 MLB backstops, and his -4.3 blocking runs ranked 110th out of the group. Nilsson was a heck of a hitter. New GM David Stearns arranged to trade Lucroy to the Indians, but Lucroy exercised his right to veto the deal based on concerns about what his playing time would look like in Cleveland. Statistics courtesy of Fangraphs, Baseball-Reference, and Baseball Prospectus, Milwaukee Brewers 2020 preview by position: Catcher, Brewers playoff hopes take a hit as they lose 6-1 to Reds. Oh yeah, and he has to be able to hit worth a lick, too. Reporters will be ranking the top five players by position in the history of each franchise, based solely on the players' careers while playing for that club. Other organization depth behind the plate includes Max McDowell, David Fry, Nick Kahle, Darrien Miller, and Brent Diaz. He posted a .278/.353/.460 batting line for a 119 wRC+ while clubbing a career-best 22 home runs. Pina has become one of the top defensive catchers in the league even in a part-time role, with a 35% career caught-stealing rate as well as positive grades as a blocker and framer during his time with Milwaukee. Please try again. He made his first appearance for the Brewers in 2010 and took over full-time catcher duties in 2011. Note: As good as Yasmani Grandal was last season, setting the Brewers’ catcher record for home runs, he is being left off this list because he only played for one season in Milwaukee. His .461 slugging percentage is tied for tenth all-time; his .817 OPS is ninth; and his .284 batting average is tied for tenth. He struck out at his lowest rate in four years (22%) and walked at a career-best clip (17.2%) while batting .246/.380/.468 for a 121 wRC+. Interestingly enough, Brewers’ owner Mark Attanasio later admitted to the team trying to bring Grandal back, only to be outbid. He did well with making contact (19.1% K rate) as well as drawing walks (9.8% BB rate) and has generally hovered around those same numbers throughout his career. Light-hitting veteran Tuffy Gosewich was also brought back to help guide the young pitching staff in San Antonio. At least on offense, the Brewers could not have done a much better job finding someone to replace what was lost in Grandal.
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Charlie Moore was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the fifth round of the 1971 amateur draft.