What was looked upon as a position of strength before the season began has become a glaring weakness for Baltimore through the season's first two weeks. Of course, a major injury to Ivan Rodriguez has contributed to the problem, but lack of production so far has been glaring. Four catchers have spent time behind the dish for the Stouts through their first 15 games. Here is a quick look at their production, or lack thereof:
Ivan Rodriguez was able to play in only four games before suffering a major injury which will keep him sidelined for the next two months. In those four games, I-Rod was nothing special, getting only two hits, both singles, in ten ABs.
Geronimo Gil was brought on board when Rodriguez went down. He got into two games before being shipped away in the trade that brought Mike Myers to the team. He had one hit, a single, in two ABs.
Wiki Gonzalez has appeared in 12 of the team's first 15 games, starting behind the plate in three of those contests. He has three hits, all singles, in 22 ABs. He has not drawn a walk and has a triple slash line of .136/.174/.136. He's committed one error and has thrown out two of five baserunners trying to steal against him.
Robert Fick is having a particularly terrible time filling in for I-Rod as his primary replacement. He has appeared in 12 of 15 games, starting behind the dish in eight contests. He has four hits, all singles, in 32 ABs and sports a pathetic .125/.200/.125 triple slash line. He's particularly bad defensively, committing three errors, allowing two passed balls, and allowing all six runners trying to steal against him to do so.
Not sure of the solution other than just to wait until Rodriguez returns from his stint on the DL. Darrin Fletcher is currently down on the farm in Indianapolis and may get a call up just to see what he can do. No much would be expected. Hopefully these guys can get things turned around.
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