A Simple Example of Mo & Co’s Incompetence in the Front Office

The front office(and some fans that listen to them for some reason) seems to think that Herrera isn't ready or able to handle catcher defensively at the MLB level. We'll they are wrong and when you find out the reason below you'll see just how incompetent this organization has become.

Herrera's framing numbers are better than Contreras and indistinguishable from Pages. Source:

Herrera has above average and better than Contreras pop time:

He's the best on the team at blocking pitches and is above average league wide. Source

So the only possible reason for him "not being ready defensively" is arm strength. If only MLB teams had developed a way to increase how hard players/pitchers throw the ball. Oh wait they have. It's called a weighted ball program. So the entire reason Herrera isn't considered our starting catcher is because the front office was too incompetent to look at his throw velocity numbers in the minors the last couple of years and then think, "Hey, Herrera doesn't have the arm strength to control the running game. We should probably put him in a weighted ball program in the off-season to strengthen his arm and fix his only real flaw as an starting quality MLB catcher with a plus bat"