Ryan Jeffers To See More Work Behind The Plate
The Minnesota Twins have essentially split the catching duties down the middle with Ryan Jeffers (152 starts) and Christian Vazquez (172) starts the last two seasons, but with Vazquez going 5-for-33 (.152) early on this year, the Twins are planning to give more playing time to Jeffers moving forward. Before Vazquez started a day game on Thursday, Jeffers had started three straight games and six times in seven games. "RJ is going to find a few more at-bats in the near term," manager Rocco Baldelli said. "See if we can get the offense going more than we've seen." Jeffers also broke out of his season-opening slump on Wednesday by going 3-for-5 with a double. He's now hitting .254 with no homers in his first 17 games, but his .682 OPS is better than Vazquez's weak .467 mark. Jeffers' expected metrics show he has gotten a bit unlucky. Defense is a different story, but the Twins are prioritizing offense right now, and Jeffers has the advantage.
Source: The Athletic - Aaron Gleeman
Source: The Athletic - Aaron Gleeman
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