The Nationals announced that they designated catcher Carlos Maldonado for assignment. The move creates 40-man roster space for recently-acquired catcher Kurt Suzuki.
Maldonado, 33, appeared in four games for the Nationals this May. He has spent most of the season at Triple-A Syracuse, where he has a .223/.343/.405 batting line in 146 plate appearances. Maldonado has a .254/.329/.359 line over the course of 17 minor league seasons.
Talk about a guy who never gives up. 17 years in the minors. WOW~~
People gotta eat, you know. Baseball is better than parking cars and that long may qualify you as a coach some day.
Why would he “give up”? They guy makes around 80k a month in the minors because of his service time (not including his minimum wage 450k a year ML contract). How much do you make a year? right
how did he last this long in the minors?
Good defensive catchers are valuable in the minors. It doesn’t matter if they cannot hit, they are seen sometimes as roving instructors