DENVER – The eventual return to health of the Diamondbacks’ position player group figures to create a logjam now that the club has added outfielder Jon Jay to the roster. But from listening to GM Mike Hazen on Saturday it doesn’t sound like the team anticipates solving that by cutting back from three catchers to two.
Asked if he anticipates sticking with three catchers the rest of the season, he said, “That’s the plan right now. But things change all the time.”
Hazen proceeded to spell out the reasons why the team likes carrying three catchers, which, this season, has been Alex Avila, Jeff Mathis and John Ryan Murphy.