Having a good catcher is pretty important. Whether you buy into whether a catcher can influence the game through how he works with pitchers or not, having a solid backstop is usually something you find on the elite teams. Fortunately for the Astros, they have several young catchers who all have the potential to become big league starters.
The best of the bunch, at least according to Kevin Goldstein, is Max Sapp who won’t turn 19 until the end of February and who should get time at Low A this year. Sapp’s upside looks pretty impressive and this is a guy worth watching in the minors in 2007.
