The level of play in the playoffs has been outstanding [View all]

Except for one position.

The catchers' play has ranged from mediocre to awful.

Passed balls, bad framing, poor throws on steals, poor effort on bunted balls - Name a catcher pet peeve and it has been on display this October.

Part of the problem is that the best catchers either didn't make it (Molina Posey Maldanado) or got bounced early (Contreras).

That doesn't explain how usually serviceable catchers such as Yasmani Grandal for the Dodgers and Christian Vasquez for Boston have had sub Par playoff runs.

I sometimes get grief for being an unabashed Yadier Molina fanboy, but watching game after game of piss poor catcher play is making my head hurt.

In the 20 years I've lived in the St Louis area, I had the pleasure to watch 12 Gold Glove seasons by Mike Matheny (4) and Yadi Molina (8).

That's not even the whole story because I still think Mike was robbed in 2002 (for Brad Ausmus) and Yadi was better defensively than Brad Ausmus (AGAIN!) in 2006 and better than Buster Posey in 2016.

Bad backstops bother me in a fundamental way.