Francisco Alvarez was the MOST aggressive MLB catcher during the '23 season.🔫 His 60 pickup attempts were almost double that of the next catcher.🤯 Despite the most attempts, he didn't have the most successful picks. 🤔 Let's dive in! A thread 🧵 1/
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Out of Alvarez's 60 attempts, he only caught 4 runners (6.7% success rate). The next catcher was Christian Bethancourt, who's always had a cannon. 💪 Bethancourt had 37 attempts and succeeded only twice (5.4% rate). At what point is it not worth the risk though? 🤔 2/