Pitchers and catchers have reported, so naturally my mind swings to think about the Indians batters. Specifically, catchers; more specifically, Roberto Perez.
For two years now the Indians have had a pair of catchers that are All-Stars defensively and piles of crud at the plate. Yan Gomes actually showed us a Silver Slugger campaign, but a series of injuries and an overt aggressiveness have held him back since. Roberto Perez, though, the hero of Game 1 of the World Series and living brick wall behind the plate, has been nothing but bad as a hitter. Normally that’s fine, defense-first catchers exist everywhere; they’re important and useful. But in Perez’s case, he’s just so, so close to being…
