The Indians have designated outfielder Collin Cowgill for assignment, the team announced as part of a series of roster moves. Cowgill’s roster spot will go to catcher Adam Moore, whose contract has been selected from Triple-A Columbus. Cleveland has also activated Danny Salazar from the paternity list, officially added Coco Crisp to the roster and recalled Cody Anderson, Joe Colon and Erik Gonzalez from Columbus.
Cowgill, 30, received just 14 plate appearances with the Indians this season and spent the bulk of the year in Columbus, where he batted .236/.310/.326 with four homers and seven steals in 392 plate appearances. He’s known primarily for his glovework but has nonetheless managed to rack up 759 plate appearances over the past six seasons, including 293 trips to the plate with the 2014 Angels. That year marked the best season of Cowgill’s career, as he batted .250/.330/.354 with solid defensive work in the outfield.
As for Moore, 32-year-old will return to Cleveland for his second stint with the Indians. Moore picked up just four PAs with Cleveland last season but has 287 Major League PAs under his belt. He’s batted a sub-par .201/.241/.309 in that time but has sound numbers in Triple-A: a .275/.334/.421 slash in parts of seven seasons. The former top prospect will serve as a third catcher for the time being, joining Chris Gimenez and Roberto Perez in that regard. Cleveland also hopes to get injured starter Yan Gomes back before the season is over.
The Crisp pick-up led to Cowgill’s DFA. A non-contender like Atlanta or Minnesota will probably pick up Cowgill. Danny Santana is out for the season, not sure if Atlanta will get Mallax Smith back. So, those teams makes sense, especially since the Braves just traded Francour.
Yep, pretty obvious move considering Cowgill was playing at a low level in AAA and never really had a chance to get PAs I’m Cleveland. It’ll pretty much be make or break for his career with a bottom feeder club this September.
It’ll be interesting to see what the club does with Adam Moore when Gomes comes back. I doubt they’ll carry four catchers especially when you have a manager like Francona who, if he could, would carry 20 relief pitchers on his 40 man.
Good riddance. What a waste of a roster spot.
It looks like they designated him to the state penitentiary. Mug shot if I ever saw one.