When the Washington Nationals traded for Yan Gomes last offseason and signed Kurt Suzuki, we knew they had the chance to become a special catching combination.
But at the time, many thought Gomes would be the primary backstop and get most of the starts.
It ended up being split pretty evenly throughout the regular season, but Gomes did play in more games.
However, it’s been Suzuki that the Washington Nationals have ridden in the postseason.
Suzuki has started nine of the Nationals 12 games in the postseason. And he probably would have started Game 1 of the NLCS had he not been hit in the face in Game 5 of the NLDS.