The Mariners have claimed catcher Tuffy Gosewisch off waivers from the Braves, per a club announcement. To clear roster space, Seattle designated righty Jonathan Aro for assignment.
Gosewisch comes with a $635K arbitration salary that he already agreed to with Atlanta. He’ll add a defensively solid, experienced veteran to the Mariners’ catching mix. But Gosewisch has never done much with the bat at the MLB level. Over 416 career plate appearances, he owns a .199/.237/.286 batting line. He did turn things around last year at Triple-A, though, slashing .342/.399/.553 over 219 trips to the plate.
Aro came to Seattle from the Red Sox in the Wade Miley deal. The 26-year-old made a single MLB appearance and pitched to a 2.48 ERA over 36 1/3 Triple-A frames in 2016.
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Classic baseball name – Tuffy Gosewisch.
Very unlikely to beat out Ruiz or Zunino for a roster spot.
But decent depth in case of injury.
Low-risk high-upside play. If he finally carries over some bat to the MLB level at 33 years old, he will make a great backup and give Seattle trading depth. Heck, the Braves might be interested in a trade for Ruiz or Zunino (doubt they trade Zunino) if it works out. Its possible he could challenge Sucre for the backup if Sucre has options left, allowing the Mariners to trade Ruiz and have plenty of depth. Ruiz should be very affordable, right? Didn’t the Dodgers pay most of his salary? That would alleviate any needed cash value in a trade. I thought, “possible primer to a catcher trade” when I saw it.
Pretty sure Sucre is out of options.
WRONG ON THESE FOUR COUNTS
1. Gosewich not going to be Seattle’s backup catcher unless there’s an injury to one ofZunino or Ruiz.
2.. Ruiz was just acquired this winter to be the M’s backup. They’re not trading him or cutting him because they acquired a 33-year-old journeyman catcher with a .199 career average in the bigs.
3. Ruiz is NOT particularly “affordable” at $4.5 mil next year. Probably the highest paid backup catcher in baseball.
4. The Dodgers are not paying Ruiz’s salary.
But other than that, you’re right on the money.
Only two transactions today Dipoto?? Weak.
lol this is great
I spoke too soon
I think Tuffy is willing to Tuff it out down on the farm until an opportunity arises
The reviews on Tuffy are not rave.
Gosewich is all glove and zero – I mean ZERO – stick.