Sometimes, you get the best perspective on a player not from their teammates, not from their own manager, but from the one in the other dugout.

So, let’s start this story about Detroit Tigers catcher Dillon Dingler by focusing on what it’s like to play against him.

“Dillon has one of the best arms of any catcher in the big leagues,” Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said on Sept. 30 before the Tigers played the Guardians in the wild-card round at Progressive Field. “He's a phenomenal defender.”

Now it’s important to keep something in mind. Vogt played 10 years in the MLB, and he was a two-time All-Star who primarily played catcher. So his perspective carries a different kind of weight in any discussion about catchers. “I love watching Dillon Dingler catch,” Vogt said. “It's really fun.

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