WASHINGTON – The Nationals finally found the right combination at catcher in 2019 as the tandem of veterans Kurt Suzuki and Yan Gomes helped guide a pitching staff to a Wild Card spot and then a World Series title.
A few years earlier, it appeared Matt Wieters may be the catcher to get the Nationals past the first-round playoff jinx.
But that didn’t happen, in part because of a strange inning with Max Scherzer on the mound one memorable October night.
Wieters agreed to terms with the Nationals on Feb. 21, 2017, after he had spent all of his previous Major League career with the Baltimore Orioles.