Gomes is kind of similar to the Indians long-time catcher Jim Hegan, a highly regarded catcher with a career slash line of .228 .295 .344. Had 5 career WAR and was around close to 20 years.
Many other guys like this in baseball history. Clubs have loved these guys forever. Even in these days of analytics that probably don’t measure their worth—whatever it is—they seem to find a home.
There are a great many things that have been commonly accepted in baseball for years, but have been changed due to increased data metrics. Power over strikeouts. Spin on fastballs over strict velocity. Positional location of both infielders and outfielders. It is interesting to me that one of the few "old school" views still in vogue is the one that is lacking in metrics to evaluate it. If the old school has been wrong about so many things, why not this one?
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