Both Washington Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez and Nats’ GM Mike Rizzo talked earlier this winter about Yan Gomes assuming the role of a No. 1 catcher in D.C., with Kurt Suzuki, (a free agent at that point before signing on with the LA Angels), gone after the two shared catching duties in the nation’s capital almost exclusively in 2019-2020.
“I’ve talked to Yan at the end of the season, not knowing what’s going to happen with Suzuki, but I told him, I said, ‘You need to prepare to catch 100-110 games.’ That’s what I see for him,” Martinez told reporters in mid-December.