Early this spring we asked Davey Martinez how confident he was going with two relatively young catchers in Keibert Ruiz (23) and Riley Adams (25) as the catching duo in D.C. with both at the start of their respective big league careers.
In previous seasons, the Nationals had veterans behind the plate, with Matt Wieters, or Kurt Suzuki, and Yan Gomes handling catching duties for the club before they went with a youth movement.
Ruiz, acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers last July, and Adams, acquired from Toronto’s Blue Jays, shared catching duties down the stretch last September, and Martinez and Co.