After being challenged this spring, Joey Bart has quietly cut down on his strikeout rate and improved his defense.
HOUSTON — The Giants this week effectively gave a vote of confidence to their young catching tandem, Joey Bart and Blake Sabol, when they released veteran two-time All-Star Gary Sánchez from his minor-league contract.
Quietly, the former No. 2 overall draft pick and top prospect just might be establishing himself as the Giants’ answer behind the plate, after all. When Anthony DeSclafani wanted to throw Yordan Alvarez a 3-1 fastball outside, Bart proposed a slider instead and got the powerful Astros slugger to pop out. With the Giants’ dugout on edge as Camilo Doval battled the pitch clock in the ninth, Bart called time not once but twice to prevent an automatic ball and a walk that would have brought the tying run to the plate.
It’s all a product, according to Bart and catching coach Craig Albernaz, of a mindset of trying to get a little better every day.
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