2023 stats: 97 G, 353 PA, 7 HR, .233/.285/.359 (.644 OPS), 5.9% BB%, 28.3% K%, 77 OPS+, 0.8 bWAR
Noteworthy: +26.9 FanGraphs’ Defensive Runs Above Average, leading all major leaguers at all positions
It took a little longer than we’d hoped, but the San Francisco Giants finally got back on track by the emergence of their top catching prospect.
It just wasn’t Joey Bart.
Boy, we sure did get a lot of use out of that lede this season, didn’t we? The Giants’ #1 pick in the COVID-shortened 2020 MLB Draft wound up being the breakout prospect of the Farhan Zaidi era (so far).