Keeper Help Please

[Sour Masher]

With people talking 100 RBIs for Contreras, he's a no-brainer for me. I like Nola over Godley because of his pedigree, though I'm high on both this year and both are at great prices.

Is it too early to put to bed the idea of Contreras being a 100 rbi catcher? Still very early, but so far I'm liking my advice to keep Godley and get a guy like Molina on the cheap. Contreras, I'm sure, will still be a top 5 catcher, but putting him in the Sanchez/Posey tier based on last year's impressive run, and a slam dunk keep over Godley, might have been overvaluing him a bit.

[Ken]

Is it too early to put to bed the idea of Contreras being a 100 rbi catcher?

Not sure where the 100 rbi idea came from but I don't think that was ever realistic. Catchers don't get typically enough AB to put up 100 RBI. For example, over the last 10 years:

2017 - 90 - Sanchez
2016 - 81 - Lucroy
2015 - 95 - Posey
2014 - 89 - Posey
2013 - 82 - Lucroy
2012 - 103 - Posey
2011 - 86 - Montero
2010 - 79 - VMart
2009 - 96 - Mauer
2008 - 95 - B. Molina

** Note, I excluded VMart a few years when he was playing DH/1B more than C

Expecting Contreras to get to 100 RBI doesn't really seem reasonable.