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Philadelphia Phillies: 3 players from 2021 failing miserably with new teams

By Tim Boyle

BALTIMORE, MD - JULY 05: Spencer Howard #31 of the Texas Rangers pitches in the first inning during a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on July 05, 2022 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
BALTIMORE, MD - JULY 05: Spencer Howard #31 of the Texas Rangers pitches in the first inning during a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on July 05, 2022 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /
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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – JULY 01: Andrew Knapp #40 of the Seattle Mariners looks on during the fourth inning against the Oakland Athletics at T-Mobile Park on July 01, 2022 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images) /

3) Former Phillies catcher Andrew Knapp is failing miserably in 2022

Maybe the least expected of failures has come from Andrew Knapp. For years, he was the backup catcher for the Phillies. It all began in 2017 when he showed some positive signs by hitting .257/.368/.368 in his 204 plate appearances. After that, it was mostly downhill.

Knapp ended his tenure with the Phillies last year miserably by hitting .152/.215/.214. Things couldn’t possibly get worse. Somehow, they have.

Knapp began the year with the Pittsburgh Pirates where he batted .129/.229/.161 in 35 trips to the plate. He was eventually released and signed up with the Seattle Mariners. Hitless in his first two trips to the plate for them, he was already hitting below the Mendoza Line while in Triple-A.

Due to injuries to their other catchers, he should get a chance to play as the backup in Seattle. Unfortunately, it may only seal his fate as a future roving journeyman backup catcher whose final years in professional baseball might be spend signing a new minor league contract each year.

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The success Garrett Stubbs has had this year behind J.T. Realmuto has been a pleasant surprise. Fans lost a lot of faith that backup catchers were anything more than a warm body. Knapp was not an ideal fit for the one to hold the clipboard behind the starting catcher.

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