It takes a special kind of ballplayer to squat for the better part of half of three hours every day during half of the calendar year. And those men need a break sometimes. Enter the mighty backup catcher. The ranks of “backup catcher” are loaded with has-beens, never-was’s, coulda, shoulda, but for whatever reason weren’t primary catcher material. Which Miami Marlins backup catchers stand out in your mind?
J.T. Realmuto, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, John Buck, John Baker, Miguel Olivo, Paul Lo Duca, Ivan Rodriguez, Charles Johnson, Gregg Zaun, and Benito Santiago spent most of their tenure with the Florida and Miami Marlins as the “primary” catcher.