It is no secret that one area that hasn’t benefited from Atlanta’s retooled minor league system is the catcher position. The Braves will go into the 2017 season with Tyler Flowers and Kurt Suzuki working in some tandem with Anthony Recker at Triple-A standing by in case anyone gets hurt.
That unit checked in at No. 28 in FanGraphs’ positional power rankings that were released on Monday. The group is projected to earn 1.1 WAR for the season better than just the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies.