[Mick]

One correction, Mick - Grandal is the Pirates’ starting C.  Bart is the #2.

Now that we're at the halfway point, I checked in on Bart's performance. The Pirates have used five catchers this year, in order of # of games played with OPS: 

- Yasmani Grandal (40 games, .456 third worst on team)
- Henry Davis (29, .502, sixth worst on team)
- Joey Bart (25, .804, still second best on team)
- Jason Delay (7, .733, 4th best on the team)
- Grant Koch (4, .125, worst on team.).

Fielding-wise, the three main catchers are all -1 Rtot. Bart has the best range factor and the fewest passed balls of the three, Bart also has the fewest errors -- by far. He has 1, Grandal has 6. Bart is the worst at throwing out baserunners, only 10%. Davis has thrown out 20%, Grandal has thrown out 19%. Pitch framing, Grandal is #11 of 61 catchers in MLB (Bailey is #2), Bart is #28, Davis is #32.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/catcher_f...r&sort=5,1 

Last item of note: four of the top six batters for the Pirates are ex-Giants; Reynolds (#1, .805), Bart (#2, .804), Connor Joe (#T5, .725), McCutchen (#T5, .725).

https://www.mlb.com/stats/pittsburgh-pir...erPool=ALL

[Mick]

One correction, Mick - Grandal is the Pirates’ starting C.  Bart is the #2.

Now that we're at the halfway point, I checked in on Bart's performance. The Pirates have used five catchers this year, in order of # of games played with OPS: 

- Yasmani Grandal (40 games, .456 third worst on team)
- Henry Davis (29, .502, sixth worst on team)
- Joey Bart (25, .804, still second best on team)
- Jason Delay (7, .733, 4th best on the team)
- Grant Koch (4, .125, worst on team.).

Fielding-wise, the three main catchers are all -1 Rtot. Bart has the best range factor and the fewest passed balls of the three, Bart also has the fewest errors -- by far. He has 1, Grandal has 6. Bart is the worst at throwing out baserunners, only 10%. Davis has thrown out 20%, Grandal has thrown out 19%. Pitch framing, Grandal is #11 of 61 catchers in MLB (Bailey is #2), Bart is #28, Davis is #32.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/catcher_f...r&sort=5,1 

Last item of note: four of the top six batters for the Pirates are ex-Giants; Reynolds (#1, .805), Bart (#2, .804), Connor Joe (#T5, .725), McCutchen (#T5, .725).

https://www.mlb.com/stats/pittsburgh-pir...erPool=ALL