For the first FriarsOnBase report card, the focus was on Austin Hedges. Now, we move to the Padres starting catcher – Derek Norris.
Norris was brought over from Oakland during the offseason as a high-on-base but below average defensive catcher. Ironically, he flipped those qualities in 2015.
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Norris started off with a hot first two months. Oddly enough, one of Norris’s greatest qualities – his eye for walks – didn’t follow him to San Diego. He followed up with a terrible June and July.