Dodgers manager Dave Roberts knows how special it is to have three players of the caliber of Mookie Betts, Trea Turner, and Freddie Freeman at the top of his lineup. Betts and Freeman are former MVPs, and all three have won the World Series before coming to the Dodgers.
But there’s a fourth guy — in fact, he’s the fourth guy in the lineup — whom Roberts thinks isn’t getting quite the attention he deserves: catcher Will Smith.
In fact, as Bill Plunkett writes in the Orange County Register, when you consider how much harder it is to find a good-hitting catcher compared to other defensive positions, Roberts has some pretty strong superlatives to heap on his catcher.