PHOENIX— The Arizona Diamondbacks didn’t intend to have 23-year-old Gabriel Moreno catch 104 games for them in a year when they have made a surprise run to the National League Championship Series. He hasn’t been a catcher for all that long. 

Moreno was a shortstop when the Toronto Blue Jays signed him as a 17-year-old in 2017. He was converted to catching and learned the position in a quick five-year journey through the minors. He entered the big leagues in 2022 with significantly less catching experience than many of his peers, who might have been catching since their Little League days.