Words cannot describe how upset I would be if I was a Dodger fan
They just traded AJ Ellis to the Phillies for Carlos Ruiz
AJ Ellis caught Clayton Kershaw's last 800 innings
Clayton Kershaw's ERA in that span was a 1.97 ERA
You don't mess with Kershaw by trading the guy who is his catcher
You don't mess with Jordan by trading Scottie Pippin
You don't mess with that
Look at pitcher catcher relationships in baseball that had success
Greg Maddux had his better success when backup catcher Eddie Perez was behind the dish. Maddux's record with Perez was 75-29 and his ERA was 1.97 with a strike out to walk ratio of 7
Stephan Strasburg has been through many catchers and the one who seems to be the tamer of the lion happens to be Wilson Ramos. Strasburg has an ERA under 2 when Ramos is calling games
When RA Dicky was traded to the Blue Jays part of the deal that was also traded to the Blue Jays was JR Arencibia who is probably the only catcher who not only can catch RA Dicky's knuckleballs but he can do so without wearing a cup
On the last Yankees World Series run AJ Burnett only got along with one catcher and no it wasn't Jorge Posada it was Jose Molinia. Burnett's opponents batting average was .270 when Jorge was behind the dish and when Molina was behind the dish calling games his opponents batting average was at .221
When the Chicago Cubs signed Jon Lester they also brought in David Ross. Look at Lester's stats with Ross behind the plate. Lester's ERA was 2.77 and in his 4 post season games he posted an ERA of 1.33
As you can see it takes a good catcher to make a good pitcher and with AJ Ellis being traded to the Phillies it will be tough on Kershaw.
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