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Bailey came into last night’s game hitting .188/.255/.275, with a 51 wRC+ that was better than just three players with at least 200 PA. He’d recently spent a stint on the IL with a strained neck, and since returning had nearly twice as many strikeouts as hits in 15 games. His well-regarded framing skills were keeping his WAR above water, though even those weren’t enough to stave off some calls for him to ride the pine. One memorable walkoff doesn’t change the math; Bailey is still one of the worst hitters in baseball this year on a team that doesn’t have enough good ones to carry a total zero, no matter how well he turns balls into strikes.
