Since Sunday night marked the first night of the festival of Hanukkah, I decided that today would be a perfect day to present the report card of the team’s resident Jew, Garrett Stubbs!
Backup catcher for the Phillies is perhaps the least demanding job in the major leagues. J.T. Realmuto is rightly recognized as the best catcher in baseball, and part of that is his durability. He led the majors in innings caught which didn’t leave much room for his backup to play.
That said, the hope is that those backup innings are quality ones, which is why the team pursued an alternate option to Andrew Knapp after the 2021 season.