This season, a career year from veteran Carson Kelly brought badly-needed stability to the catcher position for the Chicago Cubs. Without Miguel Amaya, who was limited to just 28 games due to injury, Chicago paired Kelly with veterans Reese McGuire, to surprising success.
Kelly turned in a career-high 3.6 bWAR with Chicago this year in 111 contests, hitting 17 home runs and driving in 50. He paired those numbers at the plate with blocking and caught stealing metrics that ranked near the top of the league, leading an injury-riddled Cubs rotation to a 92-win season and the team's first legitimate postseason run in the better part of a decade.