The Rangers announced that they’ve claimed catcher Juan Centeno off waivers from the Astros. Centeno was placed on outright waivers last week.
The 28-year-old Centeno spent some time as a backup catcher with Houston this past season and logged more significant time with the Twins a year prior. Overall, he’s batted .254/.306/.382 with five homers, 12 doubles and a triple in his past 249 big league plate appearances. Centeno has struggled to throw out runners in his career (just 13 percent in the Majors) and has graded out as a poor pitch-framer, per Baseball Prospectus.
That said, the Rangers have a thin catching corps at the moment, with Robinson Chirinos and Brett Nicholas representing the only two catchers on the 40-man roster with big league experience. Well-regarded youngster Jose Trevino was added to the 40-man roster last week as well. Centeno is out of minor league options, so he’ll have to either break camp with the club as the primary backup to Chirinos or once again be exposed to waivers if the Rangers hope to keep him in the organization.
Interesting to see where Houston goes with its catching depth. So rumors say that they are in the mix for Lucroy. I’d like to see Stubbs as the backup in 2018 to potentially serve as a long term option. He has some pretty good offensive upside and has proven to be an above average defender in the minors.
And just like that, the Astros dynasty comes to an end.
hahaha that was fast
I wanted to see Pittsburgh pick him up to fill Stewart’s spot. Instead they claim Moll who won’t pitch above AAA.
Pretty sure offseason waivers goes by league so the Rangers would have priority over the Pirates.
Anyway, they’ll likely use Diaz as the second catcher.
Well, it helped the stros clear a 40 man spot. All the best to Centeno, except if/when he plays the stros.
Every article about the Rangers seems to mention something along the lines that they are thin at a position.
worst defensive Cather I’ve scene but the bat isn’t bad
Cather? Mike Tyson is that you?
thutup. thtop being a thit thtarter
Haha, that was a little messed up but still hilarious. I laughed. I even read it out loud like that and laughed some more.
boring