Willie MacIver’s development has been heavily expedited — and it shows after the catcher suited up for five different teams in 2021.
Here are those five: High-A Spokane, Double-A Hartford, Triple-A Albuquerque, the National League squad in the Futures Game, and the Arizona Fall League’s Salt River Rafters.
On Monday afternoon, MacIver spoke on the warning track at Salt River Fields on his path to the Fall League, the pitching relationships he’s forged this year, and his well-travelled body of work dating back to spring training. “It’s the same game at every level,” he said. “The higher levels are just a little crisper and a little more consistent.