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WTM: The Pirates Could Be Sending a Bad Message to Their Young Players

Related Topics: Steve Sabol, Derek Shelton

The Pirates are facing a delicate situation at catcher.

Assuming they don’t get Blake Sabol back from the Rule 5 draft, they have two top upper-level catching prospects in Endy Rodriguez and Henry Davis, and exactly zero catchers besides Rodriguez on the 40-man roster as of this writing.

They have to find not one, but two experienced catchers to get them through what, at most, should be a 2-3 month period in 2023.

Or do they? Davis isn’t an option; since being drafted, he’s appeared in only 67 games, and he was struggling with injuries during many of those.