Poll: Grading the 2023 Pirates -- Catcher

The season started with Austin Hedges and ended with Endy Rodriguez

Murphy: Fun fact, the biggest reason I got into writing about baseball (sports in general) is because I love talking about the game.

I can be a little more on the socially awkward side of things, small talk is one of the hardest things for me to do.

Get a conversation going on baseball, I’ll talk your head off like no end. Also, when I get into something, I want to learn EVERYTHING there is about it. Doing this helps me with that.

I love seeing the conversations that get going in the comment sections, I’m so grateful you all choose to do that here.

WTM came up with a great idea that I think will help generate some good conversations, and some reflecting on the season in general. He set up articles with polls where you can grade the Pirates positional groups for the 2023 season.

With about a week’s worth of features also already saved and ready to go, it will also allow me to take a mini break to help recharge things. I’ll still get the playoff thread going, and will be hovering around the comments, but now I can focus on getting the next layer of content put together to help get through the offseason.

So, don’t just vote, comment below, today we are starting with the catchers. What went right at the position? Wrong? What would you like to see as well going into 2024?

These next week or so is all about you guys, I’ll have a new feature to roll out next week too that will get everyone involved.

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WTM: Three players did nearly all of the Pirates’ catching in 2023, and in nearly equal amounts. I’ll leave it up to you whether you want to focus more on how the season ended, or on all the season taken together, or something else. Here are the numbers of innings each player caught:

• Austin Hedges - 507

• Jason Delay - 484

• Endy Rodriguez - 410

• Tyler Heineman - 27

• Henry Davis - 2