If you didn't know him before this year, now you do. "Some guy named Patrick Bailey" came up in mid-May after a grand total of 28 career games at AA/AAA.
He immediately made an impact, coming through with clutch hits left and right. Even more impressively - he looked like a veteran Gold Glove guy behind the dish on day 1.
He quickly established himself as arguably the best defensive catcher in baseball. He led the majors in catcher framing runs, strike rate %, while ranking in the top 1-3 in terms of pop time, caught-stealing rates, and I'm sure a million other defensive categories.
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