The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette gets Dan Szymborski of FanGraphs to weigh in on the catching situation in Pittsburgh, where incumbent Austin Hedges became a horrible hitter, and rookie Henry Davis is being used as a DH:

Szymborski feels it’s a much more dubious claim that Davis is not yet good enough defensively to be better than Hedges overall on the strength of his superior bat.

ZiPs pegged Davis for a wRC+ of 104 for the rest of the season entering Friday, making his projections a little more than twice as good as Hedges’ the rest of the way and five times better than Hedges’ production to this point. That is a lot of offensive production for the Pirates to leave on the table at the position.

For that edge to be wiped away in the aggregate, Szymborski estimated Davis would have to be 10-15 runs below average defensively. That’s a range he feels would be difficult for Davis to sink to given his age (23) and pedigree not as your average prospect, but the former top pick in his draft class.

Post-Gazette.com

With the Pirates having lost ten games in a row, it’s tough to believe that Hedges is helping them win. They are batting .177/.255/.303 during the streak, so anything they can do to swap a good hitter into an important defensive position should help the offense.