MLB catchers combined to hit .226/.295/.367 in nearly 22,000 PA during the 2022 season, their efforts good for a .293 wOBA. This article, I should preface, is a Tyler Stephenson Appreciation Post.
Stephenson has rocketed into his big league career like the 1st round pick we all hoped he’d be, and in just over 600 total PA so far at the highest level of professional baseball in the world has hit a robust .296/.369/.454 - good for a .356 wOBA. It’s the kind of production from a guy with a facemask who can whisk lasers down to 2B with the flick of the wrist that teams everywhere can only dream of, the kind of player around whom franchise begin to build rosters for the decades to come.