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By Brian Joura
Full-time players will surpass 500 PA in a season. A typical backup catcher will amass somewhere in the neighborhood of 175 PA. So, what does that make the guys who get in the vicinity of 300 PA in a season? Well, it could be a starter who gets hurt or benched. It could be a rookie who didn’t start the year with the team. It could be a guy either acquired by a trade or traded away. There are several different ways someone winds up with a PA total in the 300s.
The 2022 Mets had one player in this category – Tomas Nido. Expected to be the backup catcher, Nido got more playing time due to the starter being both injured and lousy when healthy. Nido was solid defensively but the less said about his offense, .600 OPS, the better.
The 2023 Mets have five players with a PA total in the 300s, although one will move out of that group soon, likely the next game he plays. But let’s look at all five and see how they’ve done. Are they like Nido a year ago or better or worse?
Player A: .218/.293/.444
Player B: .212/.282/.314
Player C: .245/.343/.381
Player D: .248/.301/.324
Player E: .234/.340/.405
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