2015 Projections and Rankings: Kurt Suzuki

Today we start by looking at the starting catchers.

MINNESOTA TWINS – KURT SUZUKI

The 31-year-old catcher is coming off of his first All-Star season. He came to the Twins with an assumption (by many fans) that he would tutor Josmil Pinto. However, he had his best season in about five years and was rewarded with a two-year contract extension.

In 131 games in 2014, he hit .288/.345/.383 (.727) with 34 doubles and three home runs. So what can we expect to see from Suzuki in 2015? Our Twins Daily writers:

Seth – .255/.305/.345 (.650) with 23 doubles and 2 HR.

Nick – .255/.315/.360 (.675) with 23 doubles and 4 HR.

Parker –

John –

AL CENTRAL CATCHERS

Opponent – Player – 2015 Age – 2014 Statistics

Chicago – Tyler Flowers – 29 - .241/.297/.396 (.693) with 16 doubles, 15-HR

Cleveland – Yan Gomes – 27 - .278/.313/.472 (.785) with 25 doubles, 21-HR

Detroit – Alex Avila— 28 - .218/.327/.359 (.686) with 22 doubles, 11-HR

Kansas City – Salvador Perez – 25 - .260/.289/.403 (.692) with 28 doubles, 17-HR

AL CENTRAL CATCHER RANKINGS

#1 – Yan Gomes – Cleveland

#2 – Salvador Perez – Kansas City

#3 – Alex Avila – Detroit

#4 – Kurt Suzuki – Minnesota

#5 – Tyler Flowers – Chicago

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN

Give it a little thought and then go to the comments section below and post two things. First, make your statistical projection for Kurt Suzuki in 2015. Second, how would you rank the AL Central catchers? Of course, then discuss with the rest of the Twins Daily community. Finally, check back throughout this next week as we’ll do these same things for each of the positions.