Giants' Patrick Bailey has a secret talent that outweighs all the bad
Bailey is subtle but stellar.
Giants' Patrick Bailey has a secret talent that outweighs all the bad originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Patrick Bailey may be struggling in just about every stat category this season.
Except for one, the one that might be the most important for the San Francisco Giants ' catcher. Bailey ranks No. 1 in all of baseball in runs earned through framing.
And in recent years, it's turned out that framing might be the most important catcher skill. This year was supposed to be different, though. The ABS challenge system is in place.
Hitters can dispute pitches called strikes that they think are out of the zone. But it's not that simple. Each team only gets two challenges, and they only retain the right to challenge if they get them right.