Gene McCaffrey muses about post-hype sleepers, the prolonged struggles of Javier Báez, and a deep, talented catcher crop for fantasy 2024.
before they traded him to San Diego. He lasted 11 more years but hit .252 with a Baez-esque .292 OBP. He took a big dive and stayed on the bottom.
The thing about Báez is that during his short tenure with the Mets, he laid off way more bad pitches — his OBP was .371, and 47 games is not that small a sample. He didn’t, and doesn’t, need to beat his problem. He just needs to lay off one or two bad pitches per game. If you are the Tigers, who have invested $140 million in this player, wouldn’t you insist that he spend the winter training in pitch recognition and reaction? Come to think of it, shouldn’thitters get such training, and on a continuing basis? Some do, sure, but don’t tell me that an extra hour in the weight room is going to help anyone more.
If Báez falls to the afterthought level next year, which seems likely, he should be, at worst, a decent hole-filler in mixed leagues. But I’d be ready to churn. The catcher situation has improved this year, probably to the point where everyone in one-catcher leagues can get a decent bat. Two of the catchers I really liked —
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