The Reds signed catcher Dioner Navarro to a minor league deal, according to the team's Twitter feed. He'll earn $800K plus $200K in incentives in the bigs, tweets Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. Navarro, 28 in February, will provide veteran depth after catching tandem Devin Mesoraco and Ryan Hanigan. He's represented by MDR Sports Management.
Navarro hit .193/.276/.324 in 202 plate appearances for the Dodgers last year, catching 428 innings. He was designated for assignment in August. The Reds' other non-roster invitees include Sean Gallagher, Ron Mahay, Kanekoa Texeira, Clay Zavada, and Corky Miller.
He was supposed to be such a good catcher. I really liked him with his short stint with the Yankees.
Yeah, and he did very well for the Rays for the later half of the 2007 season and all of the 2008 season before suddenly tanking. The amazing thing is, this guy is still only 27…
What are the dodgers going to do!?
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Try Google with the following search tips…
1. Dodgers release Navarro
2. Dodgers sign Matt Treanor
3. Dodgers trade for Tim Federowicz
4. A.J Ellis to start season as regular Dodger catcher.
That’s it in a nutshell.
You are welcome.
Save some money for Ankeil!
Any chance Navarro becomes Mesoroco’s backup and Rays get Ryan Hanigan? A fan can dream…
Josh B. is a fiesty one.
That dude is the biggest homer fan I’ve ever seen. According to him the Cards are an awful team that just somehow lucked into winning the world series lol. If it’s just luck then surely the Reds should have lucked into one in the last 20 years instead of being largely forgettable.
amazing this guy keeps finding work! He can’t hit, his catching is getting worse, and his last two teams have dumped him because they were fed up with him and his attitude.
Was he the one that got in the fight with Matt Garza?
Yes it is. And he left the Rays during the playoffs also. Dodgers dumped him due to poor work effort.
But he was an All-Star!
Reds: Sincerely hope you do not confuse “Veteran Depth” with “Veteran Leadership”.
Rational Reds fan here. I’m just glad that this is a rivalry now to where Cards fans will actually argue with the smack talk for hours on a website comment section. I think the Cards will be good again with a chance to get better with Wainwright back but I think that the Reds are in a great situation. Basically every need has been addressed this offseason; stud starter, best lefty reliever in baseball, a new great closer (which gets the Reds draft picks since CoCo is gone, brilliant move by Jocketty). I don’t know if I have faith in Heisey so I hope the Ludwick thing happens or better yet Johnny Damon. Club needs veteran presence that doesn’t come from that corncob Rolen. It’d be nice to see him out for the whole season, IMO. Oh well, can’t wait for April.
Best lefty reliever in baseball? Eric O’Flaherty says hello.
Thats a good point. Should have said one of the best.