Mike Piazza put together one of the best seasons of his career for the 2000 New York Mets. The future Hall of Famer smashed 38 home runs, drove in 114, and earned a third-place finish in the MVP vote.
One might think the Mets wouldn’t need a good backup catcher. After all, Piazza started 124 games behind the plate. All the team would need is a journeyman backstop to hold down the fort on his occasional day of rest.
As it turns out, the performance the Mets got from second-string catcher Todd Pratt in 2000 was more than they could have asked for.