Steamer projections not kind for Seattle Mariners Catchers in 2020

As we inch our way closer to the start of spring training, we are entering the time of the year where prospect lists are coming out by the bunches and everybody is in a hurry to do the impossible: project statistics for the Mariners (and every MLB team).

Perhaps the most well known of projections, Fangraphs “Steamer” projections are widely used in the baseball writers community as a baseline for where to begin to attempt to make educated guesses on a player’s upcoming success. In this series, we will look at how Steamer projects your Seattle Mariners at every position.

But before we begin, it is important to remember that while Steamer is a lot more than random guessing. It is a complicated…