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Paul Swydan

9:55

Come on, they have to watch a guy's mechanics. They have to know who is really available and who is just pretending to be available but pitching through pain. They do stuff.

Show Hey O’Tawny

9:55

How do you become a bullpen catcher?

Paul Swydan

9:55

That's a great question. I think usually they just pick out catchers who were in the farm system but wash out in like High-A or something.

Marshall

9:55

Bullen catchers make 500K?!

Paul Swydan

9:55

I think so, yeah. They're considered one of the coaches.

Bert Campaneris

9:55

Gabe Kapler, Dave Martinez, Callaway, & Gardenhire. Which guy would you Freaky Friday with? Which new hire is more appealing? Including personality, team situation, ownership, future, etc.?

Paul Swydan

9:56

I would do freaky friday with kapler. have you seen that dude? he's like an adonis.

CamdenWarehouse

9:56

Bullpen catchers are always older guys. I doubt their knees think it's a good gig.

Paul Swydan

9:56

No, the guy with the Rockies - Strittmatter - was in his 30s or so.

When I was there anyway.

Joe Doe

9:56

Ball boy in foul territory would be SO MUCH FUN

Paul Swydan

9:57

I don't think I'd handle that job well.

Canyonero Driver

9:57

They get 30,000 to $60,000.

Paul Swydan

9:57

Yeah? OK, maybe I'm way off.

Canyonero Driver

9:57

https://careertrend.com/info-10007384-average-salary-bullpen-catcher-m...

Paul Swydan

9:57

OK my bad.

Guest

9:57

The bull pen catcher get a player world series ring?

Paul Swydan

9:58

I mean, I got an NL champs ring, so I assume that the bullpen catcher got one too.

This seems like it could be a pivotal moment for the Astros.

Altuve on, Springer on base. Less than two outs.

Jeff

9:58

Is being well-liked a major consideration for being a bullpen catcher?

Paul Swydan

9:58

Probably.

Grimace

9:59

Best job would be the bat dog

Nate

9:59

What about the field crew person who holds the back end of the hose?

Paul Swydan

9:59

That job is boring.

And usually only 2-3 members of the grounds crew are full-time, salaried employees.

BUT the other guys are always on call.

10:00

That job actually kind of sucks unless you're one of the salaried guys.

CamdenWarehouse

10:00

Holy crap - the first two lines of the Kapler image search are mostly him shirtless. I'll never look like that

Paul Swydan

10:00

Nope!

Matt

10:00

Still 50k with no living expenses is damn good.

Paul Swydan

10:00

Yeah, I'd take it.

Joe

10:00

So now that we have an updated bullpen catcher salary would you do it for Chapman's team?

Paul Swydan

10:00

Still yes.

Here we go, Houston.

The Hamburglar

10:01

I would think a 1st base coach is more useless than a bullpen catcher. All 1st base coach does it collect a player's batting gloves

Paul Swydan

10:01

Yeah but they usually do other stuff like coach the infielders or outfielders.

Guest

10:01

How much different are the player rings vs FO folks?

Paul Swydan

10:01

For the Rockies, the only difference in rings was the name of the person on the side.

hscer

10:01

do dome teams really need on-call grounds crew?

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