To Orioles manager Brandon Hyde, the struggles his catchers have endured in 2021 are not much different than the growing pains that have occurred around the roster during his three-season tenure.
Pedro Severino, 27, and Chance Sisco, 26, have both gotten regular opportunities in the major leagues since 2018, but Hyde, a former catcher himself, said the duo — which since the midpoint of the abbreviated 2020 season has made up the sport’s worst catching unit on both sides of the ball — has “a long way to go” in their development.
“I think that we have two catchers that are still learning and early still in the development stages,” Hyde said.