I know that even these days, WAR doesn't capture everything any player does, and probably especially catchers, but Kurt Suzuki? By WARP, which does include framing and blocking, he racked a up grand total of 0.7 wins above replacement from 2009 through 2016. He then hit the absolute dickens out of the ball in Atlanta the last two years to the tune of 5.6 WARP. Meanwhile, the once-great Jonathan Lucroy has fallen off the map and was not much more than a replacement-level player for Oakland last year, despite being two years younger than Suzuki. Is either of them worth a two-year deal, even without considering Sean Murphy's arrival? You have to imagine Suzuki will get one after his performance the last two years.

But what else is out there? Stephen Vogt? Brian McCann? ... Matt Wieters?

Alright, fine, you talked me into it: two-year deal for Kurt Suzuki, with the second year being less a full-load starter than to help ease Murphy into the role, play the mentor, do all the leadership-y things catchers are supposed to do.