From the start this winter, the Washington Nationals have been clear about their preference for having Yan Gomes catch the majority of the games in 2021, after two seasons of he and Kurt Suzuki sharing backstop duties in the nation’s capital, and as manager Davey Martinez explained on Day 1 of Spring Training, the club’s brass believes Gomes will benefit from the increased workload.
“I talked to Yan this winter,” Martinez said, “without having Suzuki back here, about playing more.