Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington said Sunday he understands fans’ eagerness to see if minor league catchers Endy Rodriguez and Henry Davis can help the major-league club, but he wants to continue to monitor their development in Triple-A and Double-A.
“We came into the season with pretty simple, but pretty important (defensive) goals for both of them,” Cherington said on his radio show on KDKA-FM. “One of the goals was simply just to play more. For a variety of reasons, neither guy had really had an opportunity to be the primary catcher on a team for a longer stretch of time.”
Before Sunday, each player had caught 18 games, Rodriguez for Indianapolis and Davis for Altoona.
“We didn’t have any magic number in mind before we assess things and see where we’re at,” Cherington said. “I’m pretty sure it would have been more than 18 had we set a…
