The sample size is extraordinarily small, but the longstanding questions about Zack Collins’ defense behind the plate aren’t any closer to being answered.
No one needs to make any final judgments on the 24-year-old catcher right now, not after just his fifth game as a big league backstop. But let’s just say that things didn’t look pretty Saturday night.
Catching in a major league game for the first time since July, Collins had multiple miscues early. He failed to stop any of the three wild pitches White Sox pitchers threw from getting away during a dreadful third inning, and that came an inning after he launched a throw over Tim Anderson’s head while former White Sox catcher Kevan Smith was sliding into second with a stolen base.