Mariners Tuffy Gosewisch To Become The Next Jesus Sucre?

A couple of weeks before the Mariners GM, Jerry Dipoto, traded away the team’s longest tenured catcher, Jesus Sucre, he had already lined up Sucre’s replacement, Tuffy Gosewisch, whom he acquired in a deal with the Atlanta Braves.

They may not look alike but the Mariners newest catcher, Tuffy Gosewisch, has had MLB career numbers that mirror the M’s old backstop, Jesus Sucre. Even their paths through the minors are fairly similar.

To say that both men are workhorses would be an understatement.

Both Gosewisch and Sucre have played in more than 10 different minor league seasons and have taken any opportunity they could’ve to play ball each participating in foreign and winter league seasons on…