With Elias Diaz being receiving praise from Baseball America by way of their ‘Captain’s Catcher’ award, and Reese McGuire receiving good marks from his time in the Arizona Fall League, the Pittsburgh Pirates suddenly find themselves with an enviable roadmap at the catcher position.
And that is before remembering that Francisco Cervelli and Chris Stewart are still under team control for 2016.
When Russell Martin priced himself out of Pittsburgh by way of a career year in 2014, the backstop story for the Pirates was filled with question marks.