Finally, a backup catcher we can all love

Everyone loves the backup. Nowhere is this more apparent than in football, of course, when the backup quarterback becomes the one people would rather see when the starter is having a bad game. In hockey, if the starting goalie is struggling, particularly late in a season, the backup goalie becomes popular because that guy, if he gets hot, can carry a team a very long way on a playoff run.

In baseball, backups don’t really get the same type of love. Sure, if the backup is a gritty guy who comes in and “does all the little things right”, certain subsets of the fanbase would rather that guy get more playing time to help the team win. Over a long season like baseball, though, should the backups…