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P2Daily: Blake Sabol Answered The Call In 2022

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You can plan, plan, and plan all offseason as to how you would like the year to go, but over the course of a long baseball season, things hardly go as planned.

It’s the one who takes the opportunity and runs with it that usually finds themselves playing at the next level.

It probably wasn’t the plan for Blake Sabol to play so many games behind the plate, but he took that opportunity and ran with it. He ran all the way from Altoona, to Indianapolis, and then more recently, the Arizona Fall League — where he caught the AFL Championship game for the Surprise Saguaros.

Sabol began the year with the Altoona Curve, splitting time with Carter Bins, who was acquired from the Mariners last year. Bins struggled out the gate, opening the door for the former USC Trojan to take a hold of the starting job.

When Henry Davis was promoted and joined the Curve, it looked like Sabol was going to get work back out in the outfield again, but an injury to the former first overall pick forced him back behind the plate.

Overall, Sabol slashed .281/.347/.486 with 14 home runs, 60 RBI and a wRC+ of 124 while playing for Altoona, eventually getting promoted to Indianapolis.

Anthony Murphy
Anthony Murphy
Anthony began writing over 10 years ago, starting a personal blog to cover the 2011 MLB draft, where the Pirates selected first overall. After bouncing around many websites covering hockey, he refocused his attention to baseball, his first love when it comes to sports. He eventually found himself here at Pirates Prospects in late 2021, where he covers the team’s four full season minor league affiliates.

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