Watchlist: Catchers

Watchlist: Catchers

	Sandy Leon DOB: 3/13/89 Ht. 5′ 11″ Wt. 175 Bats: S Throws: R Career Stats	Leon came to Potomac in ’11 as advertised: a glove-first catcher that’s learning to hit. Defensively, he’s close to a finished product (twice named his league’s best defensive catcher in BA polls). He pegged 51% of the runners that tried to steal against him and made just 10 errors in 104G (.987FA). Offensively, he’s shown flashes of power, mostly as a LHB, but took a step back in terms of OBP from ’10 to ’11.
	David Freitas DOB: 3/18/89 Ht. 6′ 2″ Wt. 225 Bats: R Throws: R Career Stats	This is his second year on the watchlist, but both Sickels and BA have finally noticed him. In HS he was a P/1B, so his defense is still in development, particularly throwing out runners. Scouts generally like the other facets of his work behind the plate. Solid power and excellent plate discipline but there’s doubt because he’s done this as a college guy in Low- and SS-A. Sickels gave him his “sleeper alert” tag for 2012.
	Adrian Nieto DOB: 11/12/89 Ht. 6′ Wt. 200 Bats: S Throws: R Career Stats	Nieto came into 2011 with a LOT to prove: A .195/.291/.253 season in ’10 w/ the Suns, PLUS a 50-game PED suspension. The ’08 pick played his way back onto our radar with a .278/.360/ .450 line split between Auburn and Hagerstown while cutting both his errors and passed balls in half over roughly the same number of games from ’10 to ’11. Likely to start ’12 in Hagerstown.