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SF Giants: Does Joey Bart need more time to develop?

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 23: Joey Bart #21 of the SF Giants hits a triple in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Oracle Park on September 23, 2020 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)

The SF Giants missed their star catcher Buster Posey in the shortened 2020 season, but in his absence, the organization’s top prospect, Joey Bart, was called up to do most of the catching. Do his struggles indicate that he still needs more time to develop in the minor leagues?

Let’s face it, Joey Bart was given a baptism by fire in 2020.