Red Sox Catchers

The Red Sox catching tandem is one of the better ones in baseball, IMO. At least in terms of both catchers compared to the ones in other teams, though Detroit's Pudge/Vance tandem isnt' half bad. Jason Varitek is a great catcher and seems to have a great rapport with his pitchers. Defensively, he blocks the plate like nobody's business. His arm? Errr.....no. He's not the best defensively(Bengie Molina and Brian Schneider are two that come to mind that are better defensively) but he can do alright...just don't trust him throwing out runners. Tek's bat isn't half bad either, one of the better hitting catchers out there, well when he's actually hitting. He's ending a brief reign he had of "Best AL Catcher" right now, giving way to Joe Mauer and Victor Martinez. As for Mirabelli, well he is great defensively and is probably one of the only guys who could catch that knuckler. Red Sox fans became grateful for Mirabelli's services after going through the "Josh Bard Experience" which while Bard wasn't a bad catcher, he just wasn't cut out for catching Wakefield. He really tried though and worked hard at it, but it's just one of those things. Mirabelli may occasionally let a passed ball through here and there, but I don't think I want anybody else out there catching Wakefield...at least for now. His bat, when he's hitting, has some major pop in it. I mean he IS a stud who hits bombs after all :)