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Matt Klaassen from Beyond The Box Score has the definitive catcher rankings for 2010 and let’s just say the Yanks’ tandem of Posada and Cervelli did not fare well. (Then again, defensive metrics weren’t exactly kind to Jeter and we know how that turned out.) [emphasis mine]

Worst Overall: Out of the 120 catchers listed here, Mike Napoli was pretty bad at number 113 overall and 5.5 runbelow average, so that might make some sense out of the Angels disillusionment with him, except that in relatively equal playing time, his replacement, alleged defensive stalwart Jeff Mathis, in in a three-way tie for baseball’s worst with Ryan Doumit (of course) and Francisco Cervelli at -9.4 runs each. The Yankees had a real defensive machine behind the plate in 2010, with Jorge Posada clocking in at -8.6 runs.

Out of the 120 catchers ranked, Posada finished at #117, just ahead of excited fist-pumping Cervelli at #119. Good times. Can’t say I’m sad to see the changes coming for 2011.

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