A case for Sam Ferri as main catalyst for No. 9 ASU baseball's improvement

ASU coach Tracy Smith, catcher Sam Ferri on Ferri’s role in his first healthy season Jeff Metcalfe, azcentral sports

Fully realizing that there is no single answer to the following question, play along any way.

The player most responsible for Arizona State baseball's resurgence is?

A. Hunter Bishop, leading the nation in home runs.

B. Alec Marsh, top-10 nationally in earned run average.

C. Sam Ferri, who?

It's perfectly understandable that the casual ASU fan, jumping on board with the No. 9 Sun Devils going into this week's rivalry series vs. Arizona, doesn't know much if anything about Ferri. Or why a case can be made for the redshirt sophomore catcher to be the biggest difference maker between…