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Huge risk to catchers as they crouch closer to plate
The injury to Willson Contreras spotlights growing danger as catchers move nearer the plate to steal low strikes. MLB figures, managers, and players note higher catcher interference rates, with Martinez and others contributing to a trend under review by the league.
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Willson Contreras
St. Louis Cardinals
Salvador Perez
Kansas City
Bruce Bochy
Rob Thomson
Contreras
William
William Contreras
Milwaukee Brewers
St. Louis
Oliver Marmol
New York Mets
J.D. Martinez
Martinez
Royals
Matt Quattaro
MLB
Oakland
Mark Kotsay
Cardinals
Bochy
Texas
Rangers
Major League Baseball
Esteary Ruiz
Houston
Kyle Tucker
White Sox
Luis Robert Jr
Shohei Ohtani
Angels
Padres
Jake Cronenworth
Yankees
Austin Wells
Nationals
Riley Adams
Ohtani
Adams