Consider the Atlanta Braves 2016 post-season. There were multiple stated priorities for making changes to the team.
These priorities included starting pitching, the bullpen, the bench, and catching.
You can argue about how some of these have turned out, but let’s narrow the focus a bit… to just the catching part. Tyler introduced us to this topic last night, but I wanted to expand on his thoughts.
Here’s a quick review of what we were subjected to last Fall and Winter:
- Sept 2016: Braves linked to Brian McCann, willing to pay half his salary.