Some Dodger fans wonder if Andrew Friedman is noticing his struggling backup catcher. He does.
“We’ve all lived what Austin Barnes can do,” Friedman said. “Four months ago in the World Baseball Classic, he was really good. It’s not like drawing back to years ago. With that, and I know nobody feels it more than Austin does, it’s getting him to exhale and just go out and play the game like he can. Obviously, it’s an area that we have to evaluate.”
In the World Baseball Classic while playing for Mexico, Barnes had a .