BC867
Long time Phoenician!
I, too, disagree with your assessment. A obsessive, stubborn rookie pitcher who won't follow his veteran Catcher calling a game or perhaps even more, calls coming from the dugout, and you blame it on the Catcher?The obvious problem with Bauer is with Montero. Can they make an effective tandem? Montero has real problems calling a game with him in there and maybe he needs to just sit back there and let him get in his own rythem with HIS pitches.
There is no Bauer in team. An "a" and an "e" alone aren't going to do it.
He may have the tools, but he shows neither the discipline nor desire to be a team player. Potential tools aren't enough. As demonstrated by his performance.We may never find out, because they may be shopping him as well. Pitty, because he has the tools to be #1.