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SportsArizona had much less trouble dealing with the elements this afternoon at
Wrigley Field, on both sides of the ball. First inning home-runs from Eduardo
Escobar and David Peralta staked the Diamondbacks to a 2-0 lead, and a Jarrod
Dyson sacrifice fly extended the edge in the next frame. A three-run sixth
inning put the game away for Arizona, keyed by a two-run homer from John Ryan
Murphy. Christian Walker went 4-for-4, raising his season average to
.353.Meanwhile Zack Greinke was putting up the
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shutout innings, on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts. He was
followed to the mound by the recently rolled-up Taylor Clarke, who made his
major-league debut. He tossed three scoreless innings, (I'm guessing) to be
credited with a save. Clarke also got a hit in his first MLB at-bat, with an
infield single.The full recap will be a while since I'm attending LepreCon this
weekend with Mrs. Snakepit, who is currently doing a Game of Thrones jewelry
class.
The Red Sox will keep all three catchers after all."We’ve known for a
bit how the Red Sox were planning on sorting out their catching situation, which
had been one of the biggest questions facing this team since they finished
celebrating their 2018 world championship. Though they were able to shuffle
three on the roster through all of last
season
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and Alex Cora both acknowledged that to be the case early in the offseason. The
assumption from most, myself included, was that whoever was deemed the odd man
out would be in another organization for 2019. That will not be the case, at
least not to start 2019.Earlier in the week we learned that Sandy Le贸n had been
placed on waivers, which came on the heels of his name being brought up in trade
rumors. After he cleared waivers, the Red Sox offered an assignment to
Pawtucket. Because he was just short of five years of major-league service time,
Le贸n didn’t have the option of refusing the assignment while still getting his
salary.
So
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he was left with a choice of making $2.475 million for 2019 or going to free
agency. In free agency, he may have had an easier path to the majors but he also
would have been paid at least $1.5 million less. In the end, he has accepted the
assignment, keeping the money while staying in a familiar organization.This is
definitely good news for the Red Sox. Now, the $2.475 million does still factor
into luxury tax calculations as the loophole that prevents Rusney Castillo’s
salary from counting has been closed. Even with that modest money on the books,
Len gives the Red Sox two things. Most importantly, he gives them some depth
that they know in case one of Christian Vzquez and Blake Swihart underperforms
or gets hurt. Either of those scenarios is very possible.
Additionally
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we all know how well Le贸n works with pitchers, and now the young arms in
Triple-A will have him to help them out. That certainly can’t hurt. It should be
mentioned, because I’ve been asked a few times, that Len would have to go
through waivers again if he gets back to the majors. He still can’t be sent
freely between Triple-A and the majors.
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