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If there is one position where opinion is near unanimous among Washington Nationals fans, it’s that the catcher position needs to be upgraded. It hasn’t been good since Wilson Ramos tore up his knee 2 years ago. Mike Rizzo made an effort to resolve the situation last year with Derek Norris which was a dubious choice to start with and ended up with a DFA when domestic issues and poor performance forced Norris out of the majors. The Nats ultimately settled on Matt Wieters who was always injury prone, had mediocre receiving skills, and wasn’t much of a threat offensively. Wieters reputation was that he was a good game caller, and the Nats starting pitchers supported that view. But for $21 mil over 2 years, Wieters simply never delivered the goods. Continue reading
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