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Post by grandsalami on Jul 6, 2023 13:57:01 GMT -5
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Post by vermontsox1 on Jul 6, 2023 13:58:43 GMT -5
Signed to a big league contract, per Speier.
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Post by julyanmorley on Jul 6, 2023 14:00:47 GMT -5
Big league contract meaning he has guaranteed money? He cleared waivers this week on a minor league deal, that doesn't make sense.
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Post by grandsalami on Jul 6, 2023 14:01:30 GMT -5
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Post by cdj on Jul 6, 2023 14:14:53 GMT -5
just mash and we’ll forget about the rest
Surprised they did this. Figured they would’ve given him a chance earlier this season if they had any intention of using him as a catcher. Caleb Hamilton’s bat is truly that bad.
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Post by joshuacoffee on Jul 6, 2023 14:18:15 GMT -5
Man, the pool of competent catchers in baseball is thin right now.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2023 14:32:35 GMT -5
Jorge Alfaro has a 34.2% K rate in the Major Leagues. Caleb Hamilton had a career 65.5% K rate in MLB.  Of 23 career at bats to this point, 19 had been strikeouts (29 PA's). |
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Post by redsoxfansince94 on Jul 6, 2023 14:54:13 GMT -5
Wong is the guy so doesn’t matter who’s backing him up. I’d rather have Alfaro over Hamilton though. At least Alfaro has shown he can hit at the MLB level. Hamilton is a mediocre AAA guy, Nevermind MLB.
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Post by carl4sox on Jul 6, 2023 15:24:59 GMT -5
I'm happy. Maybe working with Tek everday can improve his defense.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 6, 2023 15:48:19 GMT -5
Alfaro is not good defensively, so he'll fit right in. But at least he's not an automatic out like Caleb Hanulton is.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jul 6, 2023 23:25:59 GMT -5
Big league contract meaning he has guaranteed money? He cleared waivers this week on a minor league deal, that doesn't make sense. When he got called up to MLB he wasn't on a minor league deal anymore. They have him for the prorated minimum now. |
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Post by James Dunne on Jul 7, 2023 5:29:54 GMT -5
Alfaro brings some pop off the bench, it will be interesting to see if Cora will occasionally risk burning his backup catch in an obvious pinch hitting spot.
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Post by ancientsoxfogey on Jul 7, 2023 6:32:59 GMT -5
I'm in and out and have lots of other responsibilities, so I'm not well connected with what is going on right now. What happened to McGuire, and how long is he out?
And yeah, major league quality catching always seems to be thin.
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Post by julyanmorley on Jul 7, 2023 6:44:06 GMT -5
McGuire hurt his oblique on a swing. Cora said yesterday that he's going to be out for a while still
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Post by terriblehondo on Jul 7, 2023 9:23:34 GMT -5
I'm happy. Maybe working with Tek everday can improve his defense. People have been trying to get him to improve his defense for years. But in the end they dump him. Signing him now makes sense as soon as McGuire is good enough to go then Alfaro will get DFA'd again. Unless Wong gets hurt in the meantime. |
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Of 23 career at bats to this point, 19 had been strikeouts (29 PA's).
