Once upon a time, the Rays had the chance to add a home state college Catcher to their organization to solve what has been a nearly 20 year revolving door at the backstop position. They chose a different path.
This offseason, the Rays once again had a need for a new Catcher with Wilson Ramos roaming up to Queens. This time the Rays brought in the local product, this time the former Gator Mike Zunino.
Mike Zunino Is Good
Let’s start this off declaring that I have no worries at all about Zunino’s glove and defense behind home plate.