In what has become a trend in recent years, the Washington Nationals saw little-to-no-production out of the catcher position in 2018.
Incumbent starter Matt Wieters appeared in just 76 games after undergoing hamstring surgery that forced him to miss two months. The rest of the starts were split up between Pedro Severino and Spencer Kieboom, each of whom finished the season with an OPS below .650.
Wieters, who signed a one-year/$10.5 million deal with Washington just before the 2017 season (which included an option for a second year at $10.5M), is now a free agent, freeing the Nationals of his pricey contract and allowing them to sign a new starting backstop.