t certainly felt as if we waited and waited and waited once more to finally see Jose Barrero with the Cincinnati Reds this season.
Jose Barrero is not a catcher, obviously.
The names higher up on the depth chart than those - Austin Romine, Mark Kolozsvary, Mike Papierski,
Aramis Garcia, Chuckie Robinson - struggled so mightily in their attempts at filling in for the injured Stephenson at the big league level that despite the excellent offense
Tyler provided when healthy, the overall Reds catching position posted just a 58 wRC+ during the 2022 season
Even if the best catcher on the open market walked up to GABP and proclaimed his love and patronage of the franchise and begged for a market-rate deal
it would likely be more than the Reds would be willing to spend now and might not even keep him
around for the next time the Reds owners, y’know, match that with their once-a-decade spending elsewhere.
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