“Fire him into the sun!”
“Isn’t there anyone better?”
These were the most common phrases one might find when discussing Andrew Knapp in the past. The object of scorn of many fans for not being J.T. Realmuto is something that was very real. Many folks in the past two seasons have gotten so used to the sustained excellence of Realmuto that when he was given a day off and Knapp replaced him, people were angry. Unfairly or not, they naturally compare the two catchers since they do the same job.