The Chicago Cubs are getting little out of their current tandem and it may require them to make a deal in a thin catching market.
“Frankly, our catchers’ offense has been a struggle,” Counsell said to reporters earlier this week.Using traditional baseball numbers, they’re awful. Gomes was slashing .148/.176/.235/.411 in 29 games entering Friday’s action. He had just two home runs and five RBI. Last season he batted .267.
That might be acceptable if the pair were good behind the plate. But they’re tied for No. 27 in Fielding Run Value metrics as put together by Statcast. They’ve also allowed the fifth most stolen bases and were tied for the worst caught stealing percentage in baseball. Do the Cubs have internal options? Well, their top two catching prospects are at Double-A Tennessee — Moises Ballesteros and Pablo Aliendo. They’re unlikely to skip an affiliate.
Fortunately, Jansen is doing the one thing that Gomes and Amaya can’t seem to do right now — hit. In 34 games Jansen is slashing .267/.348/.483/.831 with five home runs and 13 RBI. Yes, he has more home runs than Gomes and Amaya combined.
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