If not for a few bad bounces, we might be seeing the usual Alex Avila this season.
Alex Avila is not having a good season. Some would argue that he hasn't had a good season since his All-Star 2011 season when he hit .295/.389/.506 with 19 home runs and a 140 wRC+. His wRC+ fell to around league average -- 104, 92 and 97, respectively -- in the next three seasons.
This season, Avila has fallen so far below league average (.176/.315/.255, 67 wRC+) that rookie James McCann has taken over most of the catching duties.