Sleeper Catcher? Who do think will emerge as a sleeper this.

[SHOCKandAWE]

...season.

Basically I am looking for the next VMART, Estrada...

I know Mauer is a sleeper as well as guys like Inge who are elgible but who else.

[williesd]

JD Closser

[Rico The Retard]

JD Closser

exactly, i think he comes to everyones mind when you think sleeper catcher

ill give a really deep one though, Guillermo Quiroz if he gets some decent amount of PT

[Havok1517]

Miguel Olivio, I really think he'll have a good year. He has some power, he runs some, plus Seattle steals a lot.

[Paco625]

I'm going with John Buck, probably because I took him as my second catcher, but there is nothing wrong with wishful thinking

with that said, I like Closser better because he is playing half is games in Colorado, however I would put Buck right behind him for breakout catchers this year

[SHOCKandAWE]

I figured Closser was on everyones list but I have to agree that Buck could be a nice sleeper

[Amazinz]

I don't think there will be a Vmart this year but I do think A.J. (especially where he's being drafted) will be a nice surprise.

[Kingctb27]

Closser gets my vote as well, but I agree with Amazin that A.J. should be pretty good also.

[wrveres]

Two guys I like that seem to be going very late in drafts ..

AJ .. a career .294 hitter .. in a hitters park. whats not to like.

Inge .. the fact that he will be playing everyday, is a huge bonus, especially if he can hit for average.
Now while the risk is a littel greater than AJ,
A .280/18/70/70/8 is very do-able from Brandon this season and those would be decent numbers for any catcher. Plus if he is starting almost everyday, you won't have to roster a backup.

[GotowarMissAgnes]

Two guys I like that seem to be going very late in drafts ..

AJ .. a career .294 hitter .. in a hitters park. whats not to like.

Inge .. the fact that he will be playing everyday, is a huge bonus, especially if he can hit for average.
Now while the risk is a littel greater than AJ,
A .280/18/70/70/8 is very do-able from Brandon this season and those would be decent numbers for any catcher. Plus if he is starting almost everyday, you won't have to roster a backup.

Wow, I'd say that's more wildly optimistic than very doable, wrveres. A lot of his improvement was a very fluky batting average jump and there was no improvement in his BB/K rate. The things I've seen have him batting 8th and followed in the order by Infante and Sanchez, so I just can't see 70 runs coming out of a 290-300 OBP and those hitters trying to knock him in. His steal percentage is about 50/50, and I can't see them letting him go something like 8-15 in SBs.

It's certainly not impossible, but I think a more reasonable point estimate for Inge is something like .260/12/50/60/4. While Inge might nail one or two of your projections, the entire combination of numbers you posted, I might peg at about a 10% chance.