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Garrett Stubbs has either the best gig in baseball or the worst.
On the one hand, the Phillies’ backup catcher gets to work behind one of the most talented backstops in the game, J.T. Realmuto. On the other hand … this means that he almost never gets to play. Realmuto led baseball in innings caught this year. Again. He is the only player in baseball who has started more than 500 games at catcher since 2018. He just won his second Gold Glove, joining his two Silver Sluggers and three trips to the All-Star Game. In other words, he hardly ever takes a day off, and there is little reason for a manager to want to give him one.
