Yan Gomes vs Roberto Perez

[3 Ball...GOT IT]

Thought it would be interesting to see everyone's opinion on the two C's, and more specifically, which is better. I'm not sure myself, so I decided to look into some statistics comparing the two.

I tried to include as many statistics as possible as far as different aspects of the game. Unfortunately, there's no real way to quantify a catcher's ability to call a game. Being that Gomes/Perez have for the most part been restricted to specific SPs, pitcher's ERA while they're catching may not be a fair metric.


For reference, Gomes has played 92 games (297 ABs) and Perez has played 58 games (174 ABs). It's been about a 60/40 split.

Pitches Seen per PA:
Yan Gomes: 3.82 pitches/PA (4th lowest on team - Urshela, Brantley, Lindor)
Roberto Perez: 4.34 pitches/PA (team leader)



RISP:
Yan Gomes: 23/98 (.235 AVG), .729 OPS, 39 RBI
Roberto Perez: 19/54 (.333 AVG), .918 OPS, 27 RBI

RISP 2 Outs:
Yan Gomes: 11/47 (.234 AVG), .762 OPS, 20 RBI (team leader)
Roberto Perez: 9/30 (.300 AVG), .777 OPS, 12 RBI

Defense:

Yan Gomes: 3 DRS (Defensive runs saved), 0.9 DWAR (12th MLB), 3 Passed Balls
Roberto Perez: 5 DRS, 4 Passed Balls, 1.0 DWAR (11th MLB)

Base Runners
Yan Gomes: 29 SB/23 CS - 44.2% (3rd in MLB), 7 throwing errors
Roberto Perez: 15 SB/10 CS - 40.0% (5th in MLB), 1 throwing error


Pitch Framing - Baseball Prospectus Framing Runs
Yan Gomes: -0.3 (27th in MLB), -0.31 +calls/gm (23rd in MLB)
Roberto Perez: 8.5 (11th in MLB), 1.02 +calls/gm (5th in MLB)



All of these stats are as of Sept 4. (Of course Gomes had a 2-out, 3-Run HR as well as 2 throwing errors that would affect a lot of these stats a bit)


Overall, I was surprised at how even they've been with some advanced hitting stats. Their slight differences are that Gomes has a little more pop, while Perez has more patience. I included the clutch statistics knowing that there was a disparity there, although a large majority of that is simply luck. However, over the last three years, Gomes has a .203 RISP on a 250 AB sample size. And although he hit below .200, Perez had some huge clutch moments in the postseason last year. Take those numbers however you'd like.

Defensively, we all know both are well above average. However, Perez is in a class of his own. In regards to framing ability and throwing ability, nobody has matched Perez. The others who have framed better are well behind his rate of handling base runners. And it should also be pointed out he's doubled as a psychiatrist for Trevor Bauer for quite some time lol.

I'm still split on who I'd prefer, but it's much closer now than I would have said a year ago. Gomes just had one of his best games of the season, so that may affect this poll some lol. Give me what you think

 

[bigfoot5415]

I take Perez for his defense, his ability to take more pitches, and how he performs w RISP.

Game 7 is the biggest game of inches. Each pitch he can extend an at bat is a win. Each pitch he is able to frame and cause what is a ball be perceived as a strike is a win. He takes away the stolen base and allows pitchers to focus on the batter.

That being said, you ride the hot hand.

 

[sportscoach]

Honestly since it is so close, I'll take whoever the pitcher prefers. I know Kluber likes Gomes and Bauer likes Perez. I don't think we need to dig any deeper.

 

[macbdog]

Liver and onions vs. Mince meat pie

 

[JDailey23]

Lucroy ha

 

[Urban]

Yan is slashing .258 / .351 / .515 vs. LHP this year. He's always been much better vs. LHP than RHP

 

[Huber.]

Meija

 

[Selby]

Kelly Shoppach.

Seriously though, I think I give the nod to Perez for his slight defensive advantage. He seems to have turned a corner at the plate the last few weeks as well, after a horrid start.

 

[Lee]

Honestly since it is so close, I'll take whoever the pitcher prefers. I know Kluber likes Gomes and Bauer likes Perez. I don't think we need to dig any deeper.

With how well Kluber has been pitching, if he prefers a 50 year old Sandy Alomar JR, you go with him. lol

 

[ice cream man]

Thank you for this thread.

In a clutch situation I prefer Perez. Gomes can try to do too much and get impatient. I feel like Perez needs to start Game 1 against Sale.

I do think they'll continue to split time about 60/40 like you said in the playoffs. Perez guaranteed to start when Bauer starts.

 

[3 Ball...GOT IT]

For some reason I thought Perez usually didn't catch Carrasco, and that maybe him starting last night was a sign of a minor change in that regard.

But I checked it out and Perez has caught 9 of his 28 starts now, the rest Yan. However, I did notice that Gomes caught the first 11 starts of the season (April 4-June 3), but only 8 of his next 17 starts since. Gomes and Perez have pretty much split (8 to 9) his starts since then.


When does Carrasco perform better?

With Gomes: 19GS, 119 IP, 3.55 ERA
With Perez: 9GS, 54.1 IP, 3.48 ERA


Clearly it doesn't matters who catches him.

 

[MirORich]

What's also pretty surprising is that with 82 combined RBI's, they are the 5th best catcher duo in MLB in RBI's

So collectively, top of the heap in terms of pitch framing, defense, and keeping the oppositions run game in check, while also being top 5 at the position in knocking in runs.

 

[sportscoach]

Also Hamilton was saying in the winning streak, both Catchers have been batting over .300 so I don't think it matter right now. So what matters now is who the pitchers prefer who they are pitching too.