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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 4634688, member: 27"] That was supposed to say no way Max would pitch to him I say this because last year, Max was reported to be very reluctant to pitch to McCann. He preferred to pitch to Nido. Alvarez is young, let's say 'rough around the edges' as far as catching goes and I am not sure his English is great right now. Max likes consistency. It was no surprise Alvarez caught Carrasco in his first start this year. We know Francisco is fully accepted on the club when he catches Max regularly. Guessing it won't happen much this season. Will be watching to see who catches Verlander as well when he finally starts pitching. The veteran pitchers will eventually pitch with him catching but I think it will take a while. Believe Max eventually pitched some games with McCann. The relationship between a pitcher and a catcher is a big deal. This is one of the reasons it is really hard to bring in a young catcher, especially on a veteran team. [/QUOTE]