The Phillies seemingly stumbled backwards into catching depth in 2015. They acquired Jorge Alfaro in the Cole Hamels trade, the No. 1 catching prospect in baseball according to MLB.com, both in 2015 and 2016. Also, Andrew Knapp emerged as a solid catching prospect after hitting 13 home runs and posting a .876 OPS between High-A Clearwater and Double-A Reading. Finally, Cameron Rupp emerged as the starting catcher at the major-league level in place of Carlos Ruiz.
Rupp, Knapp, and Alfaro were evenly split across levels in 2016 as Rupp was in the majors, Knapp was with Triple-A Lehigh Valley, and Alfaro was with Double-A before a September call-up.