After seeing Salvador Perez take a foul ball off the face mask a few nights ago versus the Indians (an injury that knocked him out for the rest of that night and the following game), it got me thinking about catchers and durability. Perez, as we know, rarely gets a day offwhile playing the toughest, most physically demanding position in baseball.Is Perez headed for another long season capped off with an offensive collapse?
After such a collapse in 2014 that some blame on his being worn out over the long season, you’d think Ned Yost would make a point of working in regular days off for Sal…but to this point, it’s not happening.