On Opening Day, I made two observations. The first was completely irrelevant— I noticed that the batboy’s uniform now featured a BB on the back, a new feature for 2017 and one that all of eleven people probably care about — but the second, which I realized during Matt Wieters’ first at-bat as a Washington National, was a little more interesting.
While watching Wieters, I thought about just how many starting catchers the Nats had gone through since 2005, and tried to think of one player that had played behind...er, ahead of them all.
By my count, and by the count of every Nationals roster since 2005, Ryan Zimmerman has been the one constant along every single catcher in Nationals’ history, from Brian Schneider to Kurt Suzuki to Matt Wieters.