Kansas City begins their quest for a third title in four seasons today as they open up their series by hosting Charleston. Everyone knows the Shuffle have a roster filled with stars, but I'd like to give credit to a couple of unsung heroes.
Shortstop Albie Lopez won his second consecutive Gold Glove this season and has committed just six errors in the past two seasons. At the young age of 26, Lopez is showing no signs of slowing down.
Few catchers in the league can handle a staff the way Justin Fyhrie can. Acquired by the Shuffle via the waiver wire (if you can believe that) in season 1, this former Gold Glove catcher has played a huge role in the Shuffle being home to the past two, going on three, Cy Young award winners. The Shuffle staff posted a 3.79 ERA with Fyhrie behind the plate this season and his 35% caught stealing percentage ranked 3rd in the AL. Despite having lackluster ratings as a hitter, Fyhrie finished 6th in RBI amongst all ML catchers.
The Shuffle are indeed the favorite to make the World Series but baseball is a funny game. Never forget the Iowa City team that crushed them in Season 2. Good luck Charleston, should be fun.
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i put fyhrie on waivers when i knew nothing about catcher ratings. half of me is kicking myself but i really do like the catcher i signed before season 2.
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