Yadier Benjamin Molina ( Spanish pronunciation: Ã, [? a'djer mo'lina] born August 26, 1982), dubbed " Yadi ", is a San Juan professional baseball captor for St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has played his entire MLB career with St. Louis Cardinals has since debuted in 2004, and made four appearances for the Puerto Rican national team at the World Baseball Classic (WBC). Considered one of the greatest defenders of all time, he is a two-time World Series champion and four-time National League champion with Cardinals, and two silver medalists with Puerto Rico. Molina bats and right hand throw, 5 feet tall 11 inches (1.80 m) tall, and weigh 205 pounds (93 kg).
Molina ranked second all-time among catchers with 130 Defensive Runs Saved (DRS), and first among an active catcher with 845 assists, 41.69% of runners caught stealing, and 55 pickoffs. He is also ranked seventy among the catchers in history at each agile percentage, games played, doubles games, and help. As a bat, he has collected more than 1,500 hits, 100 home runs, and 700 run batted in (RBI) during his career, while batting over.300 five times. The anchors to the Cardinals' postseason success, Molina's MLB differences include eight All Star Game selections, eight Gold Gloves, four Platinum Gloves, and one Silver Slugger Award. Furthermore, he is a two-time option to the All-WBC Tournament Team.
The product of the baseball family, Molina was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. His father was a second baseman of amateurs and hits leaders of all time in Puerto Rican baseball, and his two older sisters, Bengie and Josà ©  ©, also developed into a prominent defensive catcher with a long MLB career. Long before playing professionally, the throwing and throwing skills of Molina attracted the attention of the scouts. The fourth round selection of Cardinals in the MLB 2000 draft, he quickly showed one of the strongest and most accurate arms in the game after starting play in the premier league. Having earned a reputation as a team leader throughout his career, Molina formulates a player positioning plan and a complete pitching strategy against the bat.
Originally considered a mild beater, Molina significantly increased her offenses and raised her batting career average from 0.248 in 2007. She has featured in the top five Most Valuable Player Player (MVP) votes, finishing fourth in 2012 and third in 2013. The Cardinals have appeared in the postseason in nine of his first 12 seasons, and he is the only catcher in club history that comes up in at least five. In 2006, he became the third catcher to play in two World Series before the age of 25, following Johnny Bench and Yogi Berra. He became the all-time Cardinals leader who was caught with 1,439 on 8 April 2016. Molina is under contract until 2020. He is considered a future strong candidate for the Hall of Fame.
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Molina was born in 1982 in BayamÃÆ'³n, Puerto Rico, to Gladys Matta and BenjamÃÆ'n Molina Sr. and attended Maestro LadÃÆ'slao MartÃÆ'nez High School in Vega Alta. Molina's father played the second base as an amateur and worked as a ten-hour equipment technician at the Westinghouse plant. He was the lifelong hitman of 0.320 and the all-time hits leader in the league of Doble-A Beebsbol, earning an election to the Puerto Rican baseball hall in 2002. Two older brothers Molina, Bengie and Josà © Ã… ©, finally also became a major league catcher. Every day when she finishes work, Molina goes straight home, dinner and cross the street from her family's home with her children to JesÃÆ'ºs Mambe Kuilan Park, where she spends countless hours curling teaching them the basics of sport. He still hopes that his son will become a professional baseball player.
The capability of catching Molina shows since the age of five, and she is growing rapidly. Nevertheless, he played throughout the baseball field, and as remembered by Bengie Molina, it always seems "to be the first player taken in a youth league draft." Molina concentrates on the infield position until about the age of 16, when it begins to develop into a familiar body of Molina; in 2013, it stands 5'11 "and weighs 220 pounds.
Molina's father also tried to speed it up on diamonds. After the suspension of the youth league about the age of 15, BenjamÃÆ'n Molina anticipates the rejection of stagnant development, so he looks for alternatives. Against the wishes of the coach, family members and friends, he schedules Yadier for rehearsals with Hatillo Tigres, an amateur league team. Molina gets the team after one exercise and soon becomes an early catcher. The first baseman of Tigres, LuÃÆ's Rosario, was the one who recommended it to the organization. Tigres plays in a league consisting mostly of players ten years or older who are older than Molina, long before he qualifies for the Major League Baseball draft.
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Scouting and minor leagues
Minnesota Twins scout Edwin RodrÃÆ'guez follows and researches Molina starting in high school. He observed that Molina's skills were similar to his two older brothers - both of whom had become major league catchers - and decided that his defense was "polished" enough to be considered more advanced than most high school kids in the United States. However, Molina kick left behind behind his defense. Initial reports about his skills are "defensive catchers, big arms, weak bats"; his closest batter as a catcher is the one that eventually placed Cardinals at the top of their organizational ladder, and his future manager, Mike Matheny.
Before he was recruited, Molina worked for the Cincinnati Reds. He wears a spectacle at the Riverfront Stadium with his sleeves and sleeves that caught the attention of executives, scouts and former leading Reds players, including Johnny Bench and Bob Boone. As Molina remembered, she left the session with the impression that Cincinnati intended to compile it. Unaffected by the universal reservation about his offensive ceiling, St. Louis Cardinals even brought Molina in the fourth round of the MLB 2000 draft and traded it for $ 325,000.
The Cardinals invited Molina to a major league spring training camp following his design. Despite being described as "raw," a young catcher aims with an appeal to imitate Matheny. At one point in the extended spring training, instructor Dave Ricketts watched Molina from the golf cart during the game because she was still learning to catch; he has transitioned from third base. After letting the ball pass his leg with a runner in third base, Molina ran back to pick up the ball. Still hoping to prevent runners from scoring, he instead found Ricketts in a golf cart parked on home plate. Ricketts has a reputation for being furious when the small league catcher lets the ball bounce between their legs; for this, he got rid of Molina from the game and drove her to the batting cage. There, Ricketts hit 150-200 ball ground, as Molina predicted, to improve the ability of a young catcher to block pitches.
Molina started her professional career with Johnson City Cardinals from Appuchachian League Rookie level in 2001, playing 44 games total and hitting.259. He advanced one level in each of the four seasons in the minor league. Even without his highly developed offensive skills, Molina proved difficult to attack. Especially a single hitter who likes to hit the ball in other ways, he fights.278 with 14 home runs and 133 runs in (RBI) with 118 strikeouts at 1,044 on bat in four minor league seasons. In his first three seasons, he threw out 111 base runners who were trying to steal while allowing 133 stolen bases, for a caught percentage of stealing by 45%.
St. Louis Cardinals (2004-present)
2004-06
Molina's first chance in the big leagues came when defender Matheny came on the disabled list (DL) with a tense rib in the cardinals-winning season in 2004. Molina made her Premiere debut on 3 June. One of his first matches - victory came on 7 August. He swung a single broken baton into a shallow midfield at the bottom of the ninth inning against the New York Mets. At the game, the center fielder, Mike Cameron starts towards the outfield wall based on Molina's full swing, not immediately realizing that he only made partial contact because the bat was broken. By the time Cameron flew the ball, it was too late; it fell for success, and Jim Edmonds was able to score. Three weeks later (August 29), The Cardinals won over the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4 thanks in part to two separate dramas in which Molina marked the runner at home plate, including a collision with Ty Wigginton.
Molina performed in 51 regular season matches and fought.267 with two home runs and 15 RBI in 151 plate appearances. He made a direct impact with his arm, dumping more than 50% percent of the talent scouts (nine out of 17). In the World Series against the Boston Red Sox, manager Tony La Russa elected to launch Molina over Matheny in Game 4. The Red Sox swept the Cardinals and claimed the title of the game, their first in 86 years. After the offseason, Matheny signed a three-year contract worth $ 10.5 million with the San Francisco Giants, paving the way for Molina to become an early catcher of the Cardinals.
In 2005, Molina struggled with injuries and saw a decline in offensive appearances in her rookie season. He doubled and scored in David Eckstein's single on the way to three hits in the June 12 defeat of the New York Yankees, 5-3. Molina returned from a 33-match absence on Aug. 19 caused by hair fracture from her fifth left metacarpal bone due to a throwing on 7 July. Thrower Chris Carpenter started, trying to extend his winning streak to ten games on Aug. 20 match versus San Francisco Giants, finding himself in a 4-0 deficit in the ninth inning. Closed by a three-run run run of Molina, The Cardinals collected and won 5-4 in the ninth. The next day, Molina who committed suicide by hitting Mark Grudzielanek, tie the game and let the Cardinals win 4-2. That's only two wins out of 100 when St. Louis made their way to another division title following 105 wins the previous season.
In 114 matches, Molina posted an average of 0.252 with eight home runs and 49 RBI with only 30 strikeouts in 421 appearance plates. In self-defense, he enrolled his career of nine options and a stealing-stealing percentage of 64 from throwing 25 out of 39 potential basestealers. According to Baseball-Reference.com, in 2013, that percentage is ranked as the highest 26th grade throughout the season caught stealing a percentage. Since 1957, only the 1993 number of Mike LaValliere is 72.7% higher.
Before the 2006 season begins, Molina participates in the inaugural World Baseball Classic (WBC) for Puerto Rico. Upon returning to the Cardinals, he changed his jersey number from 41 to 4. However, the regular season presents some of his greatest offensive challenges as he struggles through his worst career -216 batting averages in 461 regular season appearances. It was the culmination of a decline over the first three seasons; Molina on-base plus slugging percentages (OPS) was registered at.684 in 2004,.654 in 2005 and.595 in 2006. The average low batting was due to the average batting deflated on the ball being played ( BABIP) of.226 (normally around.300), his career is low.
In the May 27 match against San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego with the Cardinals holding a 4-3 lead at the bottom of the ninth, Molina chose Brian Giles off first to end the game, the first choice to end a major league game in nearly four years. The Cardinals face Padres again in the National League Division Series playoffs (NLDS) in the playoffs, he again picks Padre off initially, this time Mike Piazza, while pitcher pitcher Jeff Suppan gets out of the congestion. For this season, he captured 41% of all stealing-base efforts and selected seven runners.
Even when the bouts are miserable, Molina's defense is instrumental in pushing the Cardinals to the crown of the National League division in a season heavily damaged by injury to the team. However, the following playoffs marked a turning point in the offensive output of his career. He posted a 0.358 composite batting average, 0.424 on-base percentage (OBP), two home runs and eight RBI in 16 matches when the Cardinals reached the World Series. He fought.308 in the National League Division Series (NLDS),.348 in the National League Championship Series (NLCS) and.412 in the World Series.
One of Molina's playoff important appearances came in Game 7 of the NLCS against the New York Mets, the last game of the series being tied in three games each. Starting at the top of the ninth, he was beaten with the score 1-1. In the sixth inning, Mets leaving the Endy ChÃÆ'¡vez fielder had prevented Cardinals from taking the lead when he jumped to catch the near-miss home Scott Rolen running over the center fence. This time, however, Molina crashed into a run-of-the-run Aaron Heilman run on a left-field that was too high for ChÃÆ'¡vez to capture and give the Cardinals a 3-1 lead.
At the base of the ninth, rookie rookie Adam Wainwright - filling a closer emergency - finds himself in a two-out situation, based on a charge against the center of Carlos BeltrÃÆ'¡n fielder, who has been three times in the NLCS. Molina asks for a mound conference. Initially, he wanted a doner from Wainwright but changed his mind because he suspected Wainwright would overthrow him and give BeltrÃÆ'¡n an easy throw to hit. Molina makes an unconventional choice by requesting a change to start a sequence against BeltrÃÆ'¡n. It's called a strike. Had BeltrÃÆ'¡n managed to get hit hard, the scheme might have caused tension for a third-year catcher with La Russa and throwing coach Dave Duncan for throwing the first tone change contrary to Duncan's teachings. Molina then summoned two curveballs. BeltrÃÆ'¡n fouled the first, but Wainwright hit it out seeing "the bender is starting up and away and a little hard into the low inner corner" for the final exit of the game. The Cardinals' conquest of the NLCS gave them a return trip to the World Series after two years. They went on to beat the Detroit Tigers in five games, giving Molina her first championship ring. The mask is screened for display at the Baseball Hall of Fame.
2007-09
Batting out of number five spot in batting order for the first time in his career on Opening Day, 2007, Molina collects two strokes. In the game against Milwaukee Brewers on April 15, Molina picks Prince Fielder from the first base as he leans away from the bag, tipping Molina and first baseman Albert Pujols to hit and run the Brewers plan. Four days later, Molina faces her brother Bengie for the first time in a game against the San Francisco Giants. It was also the first time they had met each other in about three and a half years.
From May 1st to May 24th, Molina united a match with 15 matches high, where she fought.373. This is the longest barrage for Cardinals catchers since Erik Pappas's 16 games in 1993. Molina was absent for most of June due to a cracked left wrist. In the third inning of the May 29 match against Colorado, he picked up a bad tip from his wrist from John Ellie's right-wing Brad Hawpe. After losing 26 matches, Cardinals activated it from the defect list on 28 June.
The first multi-eror game of Molina's career took place July 13 against the Philadelphia Phillies on catches and throws. In the 11th time span starting from August 2-16, he collected four games three strokes. On August 16, he hit two home runs against Brewers for his first multi-homer game. Molina homered and stroked the double go-ahead in the August 22 defeat of Florida. A week later, he homered in a back-to-back game against the Cincinnati Reds; he, Edmonds, and Rick Ankiel each drove in three runs in an 11-3 victory on Sept. 2. On Yadier Molina Bobblehead Night 19 September versus Philadelphia, he stroked three hits including the single that won the game in the tenth inning.
Molina suffered a concussion in September and underwent an arthroscopic surgery to repair the torn cartilage in her right knee. Knee surgery ended its season early on 24 September. In the last 50 games of Molina, he managed to collect 49 hits in 158 AB for AVG 0.310. Of the last 35 rounds, 12 are multi-hit games. The average blow of 0.281 after the All-Star break was ranked fifth among the NL catchers. He finished the season with the best career, averaging 2.75 batting, six home runs, and 40 RBI in 111 games. He threw away 50% (23 of 46) pioneers who tried to steal, the highest percentage in the majors. From 2005-07, he led all MLBs with 47% theft rate and 18 pick-offs.
On January 14, 2008, Molina and Cardinal agreed to a four-year, $ 15.5 million deal with the club's option for a fifth, cementing his position as their early catcher. He reported spring training after losing 15 pounds and in improved physical shape from rehab after knee surgery. He started the season with an Opening Day home run and seven streaks. After the collision of the home veranda with Eric Bruntlett on June 15 against the Philadelphia Phillies in the ninth inning, Molina suffered a head and neck injury and was ejected from the field on a stretcher. No indication of concussion. He holds the ball to help the Cardinals win. He missed the next four games. Until then, Molina was hitting.295 with three home runs and 24 RBI. He has also dumped 10 out of 32 pioneers (31.3%) - well below his career average of 45% - but an Associated Press reporter attributes the downturn to inexperienced pitching staff.
Molina returns to the field against Boston at Fenway Park as the designated hitter. In that game, his solo home run made a difference in the Cardinals 5-4 victory. It was also the first game of the first two games that had 13 games hitting the line for the season. His first career started in first base, also against Boston, happened two days later. During that streak, he collected 17 hits in 47 at-bats with an average of 0.362 batting. The second attack in a row stretched from August 16 to September 2, where he managed to hit 19 times in 50 on the bat for an average of 0.380. On September 2, he and Felipe LÃÆ'³pez made their home run in a row against the Arizona Diamondbacks en route to an 8-2 win.
Overall, Molina enjoyed a breakout attack season, finishing with a new top career with an average of 0.304 batting - the first over 0.300 - and in hit (135), OBP (.349), SLG (.392), running (37) and RBI (56). Of all the catchers in franchise history with at least 450 PA in one season, he became the second time, after Simmons, to bat over 300; it was the fourth best batting season of the season; and, his 29 strikeouts are the fewest since Simmons fanned 20 times in 1976. Molina leads the team and sixth in the NL with an average of 0.340 with runners in scoring positions. For this season, he managed to capture 35% of the opponent's baserun, still higher than the league's average of 27%. He leads all MLB with seven choices. In November, Molina received her first Gold Glove Award, becoming the third-ever Cardinal winner ever after Tom Pagnozzi and Matheny.
Before the 2009 season begins, Molina participates with Puerto Rico on the second WBC. When the show was over, he returned to the Cardinal. In an April 16 match against the Arizona Diamondbacks, he reached the base in all five of his plate appearances in a 12-7 win. Starting pitcher Joel PiÃÆ' Â ± eiro - struggling with fastball orders earlier in the day - experimenting with ballast and closing the New York Mets on June 24 with just two strokes. Molina wipes out a Mets runner by dumping Luis Castillo trying to steal a second base. Molina is hitting.278 with five home runs and 25 RBIs until July 5, 2009. She was selected through a voting fan to represent Cardinals in the All-Star Game at St Louis' Busch Stadium - her first All-Star Game. As the top voter among the NL catchers with 2,641,467 votes, Molina was named the NL early catcher. He caught eight innings and came home running.
After the All-Star break on July 18, four Molina and two home runs Albert Pujols helped defeat Chris Carpenter's 6-1 win over the Diamondbacks, who scored about nine runners on base in eight innings. On August 15, Molina won San Diego Kevin Kouzmanoff initially on her way to a 7-4, 33rd victory of her career. At that point, Bill James Online judged that Molina saved his team fifteen total run from his own pickoff in his career.
The ailing left knee continues after picking up a dirty ball from his kneecap while Molina is disabled on 26 September. He returned in action on October 1 against Cincinnati, although he was removed from the game due to knee "tweak". He finished the season with an average of 0.293 batting, six home runs, 54 RBI, and a premier league of 136 captured games, the highest total franchise since Ted Simmons total in 1977. His level of strikeout once every 13.9 PA is the second lowest in NL. While collecting 39 multi-hit games, Cardinals won 27 of them. He leads the Premier League with eight pickoffs and a second in the NL in captured rounds. He also won the second Glove Gold award after this season. The Sporting News announced that major league managers and coaches have selected Molina for the All-Star magazine's season-ending award. For the first time in his career, Molina won the Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) award. He finished tied for 23 with Miguel Tejada with one percent of the vote.
2010-11
On Opening Day, 5 April 2010, Molina is connected to a grand slam, becoming only the third Cardinals player to reach the grand slam of the Opening Day, following Mark McGwire and Scott Rolen. On 17 April, he captured all 20 round matches against the Mets. Molina turned back in April productively, driving in 15 runners, most to Cardinals catchers in April since Ted Simmons drove in 20 in 1977. He also resumed his productivity with the base loaded that month, collecting four hits and 11 RBIs five in the bat.
Before the All-Star break, Molina fought.223. However, he was selected to start the second game in a row, and second overall, and played four innings. After the All-Star break, his blow increased, as he stroked 63 hits in 200 on the bat for an average of 0.315. During the game against the Cincinnati Reds on August 10, when Brandon Phillips's second baser came to hit, he exchanged words with Molina extending to a bench-clearing confrontation, though nothing was released. On September 17, he collected five career RBIs and linked four games against San Diego, including two doubles. After an examination on his sore right knee on September 23, Molina is closed for the rest of the season, missing 12 games.
The final batting result for the 2010 Molina season consists of 0.262 batting average, six home runs, and 62 RBI. He ranks as the fourth heaviest in NL to attack with 10.2 on the bat per Coret. He leads all NL catchers at at-bats (465) and stolen bases (eight), and 122 hits are ranked second, just behind Brian McCann 123. He is the boss at NL with 24 base-loaded RBI, collecting eight hits at 15 AB for an average of 0.53 batting in the situation. He was also the first in the Major with an average of 0.455 batting (10-22) at the numbers 0-2. He leads all MLB catchers in the round (1138.0), the game starts (130) and helps (79), and leads the NL for the third time in a caught-stealing percentage at 49%. On November 1, he won his fourth Fielding Bible Award in a row as a sole catcher. In addition, Molina became the first player in any position to win the award unanimously with a perfect score of 100. Nine days later, she was awarded her third Gold Glove Award in a row.
With increased offensive productivity in 2011, Molina continues to assist anchors in the center of the Cardinals lineup in addition to staffing and defense pitching. From May 15th to May 18th, he collected four multi-hit games in a row. Chosen for all three consecutive All-Star Games, he replaced the starter, McCann, played four innings and doubled in his only bat. Molina hit safety in 14 consecutive games from 21 July to 11 August, one less than his high career. From July 22-25, he hosts three consecutive games, the second time in his career he has done so.
On August 2, Molina was sent off against Milwaukee Brewers for debating the so-called strike. He bumped the referee Rob Drake in the chest a few times and appeared to spit on him. Molina then apologized, stating that she had no intention of spitting on the referee and that she was "caught at that moment." That's what happens when you get caught in a race and try to win. the right way. "He was serving a five-match penalty imposed by MLB for" making contact with referee Rob Drake several times and spraying it with spitting twice while arguing. "
Although the Cardinals remain competitive, they are, at best, on the edge of making the playoffs until August. On August 28, with a record of 70-64, they faced 10 1 / 2 -games a deficit to Braves for a wild card playoff place with 28 left to play. Molina gave a splash for offense at the end of the season, hitting 344 in August and 0.341 in September. With the 30th on September 21st, he became the fourth catcher in Cardinals history to reach the milestone, following Simmons, Bob O'Farrell, and Walker Cooper.
St. Louis won 20 of 28 matches to finish this season, allowing them to tie Braves to lead wild cards that went into the final day. Molina captures the 8-0 Carpenter closure of Astros, the last game of the regular season. Meanwhile, Philles beat Braves 4-3 in 13 innings, giving the Cardinals a wild card title and eliminating the Braves from the playoffs. 10 The deficit won by the game marks the biggest lead to surrender with 28 remaining to play in MLB history, perfect what Louis Post-Dispatch sports writer Bernie Miklasz called "an impossible comeback," and one of the greatest sports histories. That's just the first in a series of impossible comebacks for Cardinals in 2011.
Molina composed an average of 0.305 batting, 32 doubles, 14 home runs and 65 RBI during the regular season of 2011. The average hit him led Cardinals and eighth in the NL. However, he posted a career-stolen career percentage of 29%. His OPS (126), batting average, and total hit led catcher NL, double placed second and third RBI. His averages of 0.337 batting after the All-Star Break are tied for seventh in the NL. He also leads all NL catchers with 12 three-hit games, and compiled 39 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI games.
By making playoffs, Molina became the first catcher in franchise history to appear in five postseasons for Cardinals. He fought.333 in the NLCS against Milwaukee, including five hits in eight AB in the last two games. In Game 1 of the World Series against Texas Rangers, Molina throws away Ian Kinsler who attempts to steal at the first inning en route to a 3-2 win. It was the only attempt to steal the game. The captured theft gave Molina five of the seven total chances in the 2011 postseason up to that time; Rangers have been tied with Cardinals for stealing in the postseason. For the series, Rangers attempted to steal four bases and succeeded only once. In Game 3, Molina collects four RBI, and two more each in Game 6 and 7.
The Cardinals won the Series in seven games, giving Molina a second championship ring. He fought.333 and set a World Series record with nine RBI. It was the highest total RBI World Series amongst the catchers since Sandy Alomar, Jr., drove in 10 in 1997. Molina started all 18 games and played every innings in the 2011 playoffs, including one at first. Overall, he fights.299 with five doubles and 12 RBI. His 20 hits were the most by the catcher in the postseason since IvÃÆ'¡n RodrÃÆ'guez stroked 21 in 2003. On November 1, Molina won the fourth Glove Gold Award in a row, becoming only the fifth catcher in the money-winning club to lead his position in OPS in the league when winning the Gold Glove. He also won the first Rawlings National Platinum Glove Award, awarded to one player in every league. For the second time in his career, he won MVP considerations; he finished tied for 21 for the NL MVP vote.
2012
On March 1, 2012, Molina signed a five-year extension with Cardinals worth $ 75 million until 2017. The contract includes a $ 1 million signing bonus, a no-trading clause, and a reciprocal option for 2018 worth another $ 15 million. The deal makes him the second-highest catcher in the majors. He collected his tenth career in four games against Brewers on 29 April by running two home runs that brought the Cardinals to a 7-3 win. On May 1, Molina installed the first of two two-stolen base games of the season; the other happened August 3rd.
On May 27 against the Phillies, Molina lashed out at his third grand slam against Roy Halladay. Making his 1000th career appearance in an MLB game against the Chicago White Sox on June 12. From July 25 to August 7, he maintained a record 11 successive season games in which he fought.413. In a game against Pittsburgh at PNC Park on August 28, he suffered head injuries, neck and back - though no concussions - in a collision with the second host with second baseman Josh Harrison. In August, he was hit.403 with OBD.453, both tied for third in the NL. As the season progressed, he garnered considerable consideration for the National League MVP award. On September 4, Molina garnered her 1,000 career hit, a single infield against Mets at home in the second inning.
The 2012 season is one of the important achievements of Molina as a hitter, especially given the early professional scouting reports did not foresee his bourneo being a big factor in the major leagues. He set new career highs in various offensive categories, including an average of 0.315, 22 home runs, 76 RBI, 65 running scores, 0.373 OBP, 0.550 percentage of slugging and 12 stolen bases. He leads the team in batting averages for the second straight season, thus becoming the first catcher in franchise history to do so.
Performance of Panning Molina in the National League, he is ranked fourth, tenth in OBP, 14th in SLG and tied for 18 with 46 multihit games. He leads NL captors in stolen bases and sets a Cardinals season record for catchers, and ranks second among the NL catchers in HR and third on the RBI and average batting. The aggressive hitter, he fought 0.380 with seven HR on the first pitch; Total HR on the first throw was ranked seventh in the NL. 32 his brokers were caught stealing MLB, 47.9 were caught stealing second-ranked percentages, and three pickoffs were tied for first in NL and second in MLB.
From a historic perspective, Dave Cameron says that Molina's combination of offensive productivity and baseball interception in 2012 is one of the rarest shows in history. He became the ninth MLB catcher to send the season with a weighted factor made (WRC) of 140 and 45 percent of runners caught stealing. At 143, his WRC was tied for an eighth all-time between catchers with in 45% of the base runners caught stealing. Furthermore, the numbers are in harmony with the peak seasons of other catchers such as Johnny Bench, Elston Howard, Carlton Fisk, and Rick Wilkins.
Having been the subject of much speculation for the MVP award throughout the season, Molina finally came in fourth. However, he won the prestigious and oldest award given to Latino players: the LatinoMVP award awarded by Latino Sports and Latino Sports Writers & amp; Association of Broadcasters (LSWBA). He and the winner Buster Posey became the first pair of catchers to finish in the top four in the 88-year-old's history of awards. However, as in previous years, other awards are on the way. In November, he won the fifth Gold Glove award, making him the first Cardinal since Jim Edmonds won many consecutive Edmonds in 2004. On December 4, he won his first GIBBY Award for Defensive Players of the Year. Chapter St. Louis of the American Baseball Writers Association (BBWAA) gave him the name of Baseball Player St. Louis This Year for 2012. In the Los Angeles Times report that published the top MLB jersey sales from All-Star break until October 1st, its jersey ranked 18th.
2013
With the increasing profile coming along with its offensive attacks from the previous year, Molina's popularity with fans around the game has also increased. After 2012 fourth place MVP finishes, jersey sales of the 2013 season went up to third place, just after Posey and retired New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, according to a July 11 report. On June 2 he was issued by referee base 1 Clint Fagan for throwing his helmet. Molina collected two doubles in three games on June 12, giving him 21-fold for the season, a career before the All-Star. It was also the second highest pre-Star break in franchise history after Ted Simmons' 29 thirty-five years earlier. The three-shot game also gave Molina 78 for her career, tied for 43 on the all-time list for catchers.
Through July 15, Molina leads the NL with a 0.341 (110 hits in 323 at-bats) batting average. In the last race of the All-Star Game, Molina (6,883,258 votes) defeated Posey (6,474,088) for the role of early NL catcher in a game held at Citi Field in Queens, New York City. The Cardinals put Molina on a 15-day defect list on July 31 because of a right knee sprain. By the time he went to DL, Molina was hitting 0.330 with eight homers, thirty doubles, and 54 RBI. A magnetic resonance image (MRI) shows inflammation but no structural damage, so the knees are drained of excess fluid accumulation and Molina is given cortisone injections.
A knee injury impacted the average blow, contributing to a slump at the end of the season. On September 16, Molina collected four hits with three run scores to help the Cardinals clinch a 12-2 win over the Seattle Mariners and break 0-15 down, raising its batting average to 0.317. Eight days later, Molina is behind the license plate to summon rookie Michael Wacha one blow, 8 shut shooting work in 2 -0 wins over the citizens of Washington. It was absolutely no hitter through that point until Ryan Zimmerman broke with a high bounce ball ball that glanced at Wacha's gloves for the Nationals' only hit of the game.
For this year, Molina set a new career highest in the average batting (.319), double (44), scored goals (68), and RBI (80). He also hit 0.373 with runners in goalscoring position (RISP) in a season in which the Cardinals set an all-team team record for an average batting with RISP at 0.330. He finished fourth in the NL in the batting average, second in the doubles and sixth in the average batting with RISP. The 44th is the largest in the Premiership among the catchers since IvÃÆ'¡n RodrÃÆ'guez '47 in 1996.
Molina is also known for its handling of pitching staff. The Cardinals overcame the loss of key throwers Chris Carpenter, Jason Motte, and Jaime GarcÃÆ'a - among others - at the start of the season by replacing twelve rookie throwers en route to win the competitive NL Central division title over the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cincinnati Reds (each team finished with at least 90 wins). The growing core exceeds expectations by filling for 52 games starting, 36 wins, and five rescues and Molina is credited with their success in large part due to her calling skills and skill to guide. The '36 rookies win is the most in franchise history since 1941.
The Cardinals fight the Pirates in the NLDS. Two weeks removed from just missing the no-hitter, Wacha again almost repeats the feat with Molina behind the plate in an elimination match, Game 4. Molina throws pinch runner Josh Harrison tries to steal a second base in the eighth innings to help the Cardinals maintain a 2-1 lead. In the World Series against the Boston Red Sox, Molina became the ninth player - and the first in the era of expansion - in franchise history appeared in four World Series with the club, and the first since Stan Musial in the 1946 World Series, also against the Red Sox. Molina garnered more awards after this season, including her first Silver Slugger Award, Gold Glove sixth, and third place in MVP voting. Molina is a winner, along with Wainwright and Matt Carpenter, for BBWAA St. Louis Baseball Man of the Year.
2014
Together with three other players each shown separately, Sports Illustrated featuring Molina on the cover of their March 31 issue completes the 2014 MLB preview article. On Opening Day 2014 - the same day Sports Illustrated published the closing edition of Molina - he stroked his second season home run and 90-year career, counting the difference in a 1-0 defeat of the Reds in Cincinnati. It also ensured the 100th victory for Adam Wainwright batterymate. Molina added one for two of the five Cardinals blows.
With one ball, two pitch pitches from a relief pitcher, Randy Choate who went into outside Cubs player Nate Schierholtz in a 4 May match, the penalty card ended on a pitch. Instead of Molina being in a position to catch him cleanly with his gloves, the ball touches his thigh. Molina leaned over the ball, trapping her between her thighs and ribs. He survived, qualifying it as a third attack.
With All-Star Games approaching, Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy airs a satirical television ad in the style of a political ad campaign on June 17 to defeat Molina in total All-Star votes. The voice narrator asks the question, "Do you want another St. Louis Cardinals catcher to star in the All Star game? Is there no better way? Throw a ballot for change." Cardinals fans should know that enough is enough. "At that time, Molina leads the total votes for the NL catcher with more than two million, while the second Posey at 1.4 million and Lucroy third with 1.1 million.
Some, including Matheny, take the message literally. However, Brad Weimer, the creator of the ad, insists that the humor is meant to be a tongue-in-cheek. Molina stays ahead and wins the vote as an early catcher in the All-Star Game at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, her sixth straight appearance.
His season was interrupted on July 9 against the Pirates. Gliding past the third base, he tried to take the bag to stay there. However, during the play, he injured his right thumb. MRI revealed a torn ligament, requiring surgery and forcing it to skip the next eight to 12 weeks. Regarding the injury had a significant impact on the Cardinals season, St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports writer Bernie Miklasz commented, "Losing the best catcher in the world for the next 8 to 12 weeks with a torn ligament is a setback, demoralizing setbacks for the Cardinals - this could be the end of the season injury." At that time, he hit 0.287 with 0.341 OBP, 0.409 SLG, 16 doubles, seven homers, and 30 RBI through 83 matches. He also leads MLB with a catch-up percentage of 49.
He returned from DL ahead of schedule, about seven weeks and 40 games missed after the injury, and was activated Aug. 29 before the series against the Cubs. However, he still has not fully recovered, as he fought.250 in September with a clear drop in electricity production. His 110 appearances were the fewest since the rookie season in 2004. He finished the season with an average of 0.282 batting, seven HR, 38 RBI, 21 doubles, 0.333 OBP and 0.386 SLG, all total lower than 2013, and much since 2010. Among players with at least 90 matches played, Molina 48% was caught stealing and 3.20 ERA catchers are both first in the premier league.
During Game 1 of NLDS against Dodgers, Wainwright hit Adrian Gonzalez with a pitch, and both benches were cleared. Umpire Jerry Meals attempted to get between Gonzalez and Molina, but Molina briefly encouraged the Meals. MLB fined Molina $ 5,000 without delaying it. In Game 2 of the NLCS against the Giants, Molina collected his 89th career hit in the postseason, passing Pujols for a franchise record. However, he suffered a significant second injury of the season in the same game, tensing his left abdominal muscles during another one in the bat, in part because of compensation in his swing due to loss of power after his thumb injury at the start of the season.
After missing the next game, strings of 83 consecutive playoff matches began to be stopped, which is a major league record. The last playoff game that he has not started is Game 3 of the 2004 World Series. On November 4th, Molina was announced as the seventh consecutive Gold Glove winner, tying Boone as the third winner of the Gold Glove among the catchers. Furthermore, only Bench and RodrÃÆ'guez are winning more (10) respectively as catchers in major league history. He won the National League Platinum Glove award on November 8th, the third time in the first four years of the award.
2015
With 11 consecutive consecutive 11 Days on 5 April 2015, against the Cubs, Molina became the first catcher in the club's history to achieve this feat. On May 10 against the Pirates, he was at the end of the dubious MLB history: playing in the first "4-5-4" drama in MLB history. Second baseman Neil Walker catches his drive line with two runners, then throws into Jung-ho Kang's third baseman to double Jhonny Peralta for the second exit. Kang briefly rolls the ball in his hand, though confused, but returns to Walker to tag Jason Heyward for the third. Molina's first break of the season and first in 95 matches took place against Minnesota Twins on 15 June; the previous home run dates back to 27 June 2014.
On July 7, he was selected for the seventh consecutive All-Star Game, playing at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. At the Reds clubhouse for All-Star Game, Molina shares a locker with second baseman Reds Brandon Phillips. Since the fight between the Cardinals and Reds in 2010, both have improved their schism, and Molina has a photo with their family. When told which locker he was using, Molina replied, "This is Phillips locker? How about that? I have to write something to her." While the pregame list introduction was made, Reds fans scoffed at the six Cardinals players selected, and even former Cardinal Albert Pujols. When Molina was introduced, she smiled and turned and pointed her thumb to the back of her T-shirt. Pujols provided carelessness when he later joined the booing. After the game, Molina commented to reporters, "when you spend 12 years to come to Cincinnati and you beat them over and over again, they will scoff at you." In his career up to that point, he hit 0.319 with a 0.352 percentage on-base and a 0.500 slugging percentage in 270 at-bat careers at Great American Ball Park.
Reaching his first triple in over four years and 2,000 on the bat, with the bases loaded, Molina provides a decisive run in the 3-2 result against the Chicago White Sox on July 22. In the US Baseball America Toolbox Awards, managers and coaches around the National League ranked Molina as the best "hit and run artist" and "Best Defensive Catcher" in NL. The 100th run of his career went on time, becoming the winner of the match at the bottom of the eighth innings at Busch Stadium on August 19 in a 4-3 win over San Francisco. After suffering an injury to his left thumb during the Sept. 20 match against the Cubs, MRI revealed a partial ligament tear, preventing him from playing. Molina won the Eighth Glove Gold Award in a row and the fourth Glove Platinum Award in 2015. In December, it was revealed that Molina underwent a second operation on her left thumb, pushing her return to training the late 2016 spring. She is the winner of the Darryl Kile Good Guy Award.
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At the age of 33, Molina broke the Cardinals all-time game record on April 8, 2016, in his 1,440th game, passing Ted Simmons (1968-80). His 1,343 games starting at the start of the 2005 season were the highest total in the major leagues. He made a major league appearance of his 1,500 career on May 14 in a 5-3 defeat of the Los Angeles Dodgers. While playing the Washington Nationals in the seventh inning of a 2-1 loss at Nationals Park on May 26, Stephen Drew hit a high-flying fly over a pitcher mound. With Aledmys DÃÆ'az and Mike Leake trying to catch the ball, Molina told herself and waited. When the ball is deflected from Daz's gloves, he almost collides with Leake, but Molina instinctively moves his gloves and catches the ball before touching the ground. He recorded his 1,500 career hits on July 2 against Milwaukee, becoming a 34 catcher in MLB history, and second for the Cardinals, after Simmons.
Molina's ninth-innings, double RBI, tying the July 27 match against the New York Mets at 4-4, ending a successive run of Jeurys Familia 52, the third longest in major league history. His 10th win against Milwaukee on Aug. 30, his 30th season of the season and 300 of his career, helped lead the Cardinals to a 2-1 victory. He captured 146 career matches. After starting with an average of 0.256 through 85 games, Molina battled.365 from July 8 until the end of the season, and overall reached 0.307, eight home runs, 58 RBI, and led all major league catchers with 164 hits and 38 doubles. His total hit was also the highest career, leading the club, and he was eighth in the league in batting and ninth in the doubles.
2017
During the Spring Training before the 2017 season, and the final year of guarantee on Molina's contract, the Cardinals began negotiating an extension to keep Molina at St. Louis for the rest of his career. He agreed to a three-year contract extension to report $ 60 million, making him the highest-paid catcher in baseball. He is not interested in making a 2018 joint choice, which will be worth $ 15 million. The extension convinced Molina to stay at St. Louis until 2020, and increasing the chances that he will end his career after playing only for one organization, who designed it. This difference because Molina's retirement as a Cardinal is something that brings burdens for both parties during the negotiations.
On June 26, Molina became the ninth-time catcher of all time to record 11,000 career throws in that position. For the eighth time in his career, he is an All-Star choice, which produces sound by his fellow players. He homered, making him the oldest catcher to hit homer in the All-Star Game, at the age of 34 seasons, and the first Cardinal to homer in the All-Star Game since Reggie Smith in 1974.
On August 9 against Royals Kansas City, Molina came up with two out and loaded bases. After drawing a count of 1-0 against Peter Moylan, a short delay occurs when a stray kitten gets into the field. On his next pitch to Molina, he struck him 387 feet into the left field seat for a go-ahead grand slam. This is the fifth grand slam of his career, tying him up with Tim McCarver for the second most grand slam career by a Cardinals catcher. It also proved to be a decided hit in this game, as the Cardinals held to win, 8-5.
On September 19, Molina tied Jim Bottomley (1922-1932) to 10th place in Cardinals history with 1,727 shots. Molina leads the team in 2017 with 134 hits and 78 RBI, and all NL catchers in both categories, entering play on that date. He broke with Bottomley on Sept. 20, with his 1,728th punch, and tied his own career total for a season with 80, reached in 2013. He graduated 80 on Sept. 21, with the 81st and 82nd RBI. She is the recipient of the Missouri Athletic Club of the Year Award in 2017.
2018
In January 2018, Molina declared his plan to retire after the 2020 season when his contract expires. As batterymates, Wainwright and Molina gather more starts together than any other in franchise history. He passed the Bench for the first two milestones of the season: 13th place in the round with 14,494 1 / 3 on April 14 while playing Cincinnati, and 16 in the game were caught versus 1,743 on May 2 versus the Chiacgo White Sox. Molina doubled up against Cincinnati on 22 April to give him 338 for his career and tie Ozzie Smith to tenth place in Cardinals history. On May 5, Molina quit the game after a tip of the offense hit her in the groin. The next day, on May 6, Molina underwent emergency surgery for a pelvic injury with a traumatic hematoma.
International career
World's baseball class (Puerto Rico)
Four World Baseball Classic (WBC) tournaments have been held - 2006, 2009, 2013, and 2017 - and Molina has participated in them all for the Puerto Rican team. He is a prominent defensive partner of IvÃÆ'¡n RodrÃÆ'guez 'understudy in 2006 and 2009 and a major catcher for the 2013 and 2017 teams.
In his first classic in 2006, Molina played four matches and collected three strokes in five bats. In the 2009 tournament match against Holland on 9 March, Molina's eighth doubles put the key rally in which Puerto Rico won 3-1. Speaking the next day, Molina stated that the previous night's doubles had become a greater sensation of a two-run homer to defeat the Mets in Game 7 of NLCS 2006.
With Molina as an early catcher in 2013, Puerto Rico won a silver medal. Edwin RodrÃÆ'guez, who has coached Molina in Puerto Rico before the Cardinals sign it, becomes manager for the 2013 squad. Shortly after learning he will become manager of 2013, RodrÃÆ'guez contacts Molina for feedback on building the list. Molina is prepared for the Classic by playing 14 matches for the winter league team in Puerto Rico RodrÃÆ'guez successfully. Molina was selected at the World Class Baseball Team for the first time.
In the 2013 semi-final against Japan, Molina consciously capitalized on a baserunning error to record an unusual attack. With Shinnosuke Abe batting for Japan over the eighth inning, and Hirokazu Ibata in second and Seiichi Uchikawa at first, J. C. Romero was throwing for Puerto Rico. Abe takes a pitch from Romero inside for a ball as the runners start moving. However, Ibata retreated to second position when Uchikawa attacked him. Instead of throwing and risking an error, Molina holds the ball. He then pursues Uchikawa, cornering him by positioning himself between first and second and marking Uchikawa - stealing caught unaided. The Japanese then state that they are trying to exploit Romero's slow delivery.
Puerto Rico advanced to the final again in 2017, falling to the United States 8-0 in their second consecutive silver medal, and just missed the tournament. Molina made a strong case to be named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the entire tournament, hitting.333 with two home runs and 0.583 slugging percentages in six games. After collecting three hits and an eighth home run in the bat for two games in the Pool F competition, he was named the group MVP. In the semi-final against Holland, he picked two runners off base in one innings. He was named captain of the All-World Baseball Classic 2017 team, both All-WBC awards. In addition, the coaching staff often allows him to conduct preparatory meetings, take his advice on early rotation construction, and when to remove the exhausting pitchers.
Skill Profiles
Defense, throwing calls, throwing and hands
Winner of eight Gold Gloves in a row, Molina has been widely praised for her preparation, defense and leadership, not only from pitching staff, but also from the entire team. Fellow catchers Jorge Posada and Brian McCann stated in 2009 that Molina was "the best defense captain in baseball;" VÃÆ'ctor MartÃÆ'nez also called him "the best behind the throw." In 2013, a scout pronounced Molina that "one piece of St. Louis Cardinals should not lose" while another commented that he was "irreplaceable." When the club lost Molina in mid-season 2014 to thumb injury, ESPN's Keith Law tweeted, "Yadier Molina lost two months more will have a bad impact on the Cardinals, but also bad for baseball, period." In his day in the major leagues, Molina is widely seen as developing into a competitive influence and an unofficial field coach.
As part of his pre-game preparation, Molina carefully studied and prepared for future opposing players by creating a complete pitching and survival plan. Other preparations include handling the ground ball on the shortstop and third base, extending its agility to block throws thrown to the ground. According to former Cardinals player Jake Westbrook, he is "part of every aspect of the game: start, busting, assault, defense."
Advanced defense metrics - known as sabermetrics - show that he is the top defender among the catchers in MLB history. Molina ranked second all-time among catchers at the end of the 2014 season at Baseball-Reference.com maintains a rescued career (DRS) with 120, behind only IvÃÆ'¡n RodrÃÆ'guez (167), and ahead of Jim Sundberg (114), Bob Boone ( 107) and Gary Carter (106), the only catcher with more than 100 in the list. He is the season leader in NL every year from 2005-14, except 2008 and 2011-12. Fangraphs calculates his DRS career at 106, with a career high of 20 in 2010. The sabremetric defensive statist won over the replacement (DWAR) also ranked Molina's highly defensive; he has never had a full season with a negative DWAR, and he has a high career of 2.9 DWAR in 2010.
Molina is known for his pitch-calling ability in his game, and the pitcher seldom rejects the mark he shows for the next pitch. Matheny stated, "We are telling all our young pitchers when they come to pitch their game.Yadi need to find out how they work.He learns fast, but at the same time, they tend to just follow it.We put them in Yadi's hands." Molina reads conflicting opponents and will move the principals with signs and subtle movements to align them with the call of shouts. La Russa commented that "it's not just an instinct.This makes sense, based on how the bat is standing, how he responds to the field or two before, and he's very creative in how he makes his adjustments based on what he sees with the bat and knows what he can do pitcher. "
The Baseball Prospectus was estimated in 2013 that Molina saved 35 defensive attacks per season through blocking its field and has moved 301 off-field pitches called strikes between April 1 and June 30, 2013. In July 2013, Molina has also been dumped 45% of potential thief candidates. At one time, an Arizona Diamondbacks official stated the team's policy was not to walk in Molina. With a pickoff, Molina throws off behind the left batters to blur the runner's view of his movement to first base. In addition to studying the hitters on the plate, Molina also studies the basic runners to watch their decision making process about stealing the base or when they are poorly guarded against pickoff. He practiced a pickoff motion and coordinate the signal with the first basemen to show when he was forced to move for a pickoff pitch. In 2012, a Sports Illustrated poll of 306 players found that Molina was "the heaviest catcher to run."
Batting
As the publication Viva El Birdos wrote, "Yadier Molina broke into the majors as a light-hitting defensive specialist", which hit most singles. Molina pushed to release the bright beater label she had in common with her siblings. An anxious with his early spanking stance, Molina mimicked and swayed between the more skilled hitters such as AndrÃÆ' Â © s Galarraga and Albert Pujols. However, it was a decrease in his swing and the inability to get around with fastballs that weakened his efforts. Over time, with the help of teammates like Pujols, Molina finds her comfortable stance, a lighter mechanics, and adopts a line swing drive style that removes the tilt and helps her hit the fast ball with more authority.
Thus, he became a more consistent hitter as his career progressed, opposing surveillance reports that he would have a weak bat. In combination with his increased ability to pull the ball and hit him in the middle, he increased his blow average, hitting 0.293 or higher in five of his last six seasons. The percentage of drive-line pullers in 2009-11 increased by about 6% in 2012-13; BABIP increased from 0.280 in 2005-10 to 0.327 in 2011-13 and pulled the weighted average on-base (WOBA) has increased from 0.290 in 2009 to more than 0,520 in 2013. To keep the bat in the lineup but allow a break from the sheer task of catching him in the game, Molina sometimes starts at first base.
In addition to swinging with the increase of line-drive contacts and hitting fastballs with more authority, very few actually change in the catcher approach. One of the most persistent traits is that Molina is an aggressive and swinging beatter - but high contact -. Throughout 2012, he swung more than 51% percent of the field he saw - he has a reputation for swinging in the driveway and out of strike zones, low and far and even toward his hands. Due to its free swinging tendency, it naturally has a walking rate (7.1%) below the Major League average (8.4%). Combined with his ability to put the bat balls quite often (87%) and his rising approach on the plate, he increased his average single season batting averages five times between 2006 and 2013.
Although the batting was only 0.238 in its first three seasons and 0.240 after 1,000 bats, Molina improved on average to 0.284 on average after 3,983 at-bat (1,132 hits) in 2013 as most have only one season lower than. 293 from 2009-13. He hit 27 dramas in 2009, but in 2012 reduced the number to ten. The escape of Molina's house and the double degree also increased; from 2011-13, he reached 104 of his 226 career.
Awards and achievements
Recordings
- MLB records
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