The San Francisco Giants are a team that has long boasted incredible depth at the catching position — Buster Posey, ever heard of him? — and accordingly seem ready to move on from the once lauded second overall pick of the 2018 draft Joey Bart.
The Tampa Bay Rays, who currently do not have a backup catcher on the 40-man roster, would make an obvious fit, should the price be right.
At this stage, what the Rays are looking for in a backup are less straight forward than what you’d see in a spreadsheet. They need a good teammate, a good game caller,
Bart is 27-years old heading into his fourth major league season — just 37 days younger than the Rays projected primary catcher Rene Pinto — but with only 503 PA at the major league level, making him somewhat of a prospect still on paper, despite four seasons in the bigs.