Over the last two seasons, Buster Posey has played fewer games than he had in any season since his rookie year and the injury shortened year in 2011. As an aging catcher, that is to be expected, though his numbers have been pretty consistently troubling. That sentence physically pained me to write, but if Kenny can face the music, so can I.
This necessitated finding a back-up catcher who could contribute a little bit more than the role usually calls for. The team initially went with Erik Kratz, but that experiment was short-lived because there was someone else waiting in the wings.