The Phillies have released catcher Cameron Rupp, per a team announcement. They’ll save around $1.5MM in cutting Rupp, Matt Gelb of The Athletic notes. Rupp would have earned $2.05MM had he made the team.
Philadelphia has elected to open the season with Andrew Knapp as the backup to starting catcher Jorge Alfaro, which helped lead the club to designate Rupp for assignment on Sunday. The Phillies apparently couldn’t find a taker for Rupp via trade, but he could encounter interest on the open market at a minimum salary. Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reported Sunday that Rupp had piqued the Rangers’ interest, and he suggested on Monday that they could pursue him on the open market. It’s worth noting, then, that Rupp is a Dallas native.
Rupp’s next team will be getting a 29-year-old who has taken 1,127 trips to the plate in the majors and slashed .234/.298/.407 (86 wRC+). Defensively, Rupp has struggled in the pitch-framing department, especially in 2017, but he has thrown out a solid 31 percent of would-be base stealers since debuting in the league in 2013.
Quick, who’s younger – Bryce Harper, Manny Machado or Cameron Rupp?
Figured that other guy was gonna ask it like he always does so I might as well leap ahead there.
Huh? Rupp’s several years older than both those guys, as everyone would guess.
How about Rupp’s replacement?
Who’s older, Harper, Machado or Andrew Knapp?
Hint: It’s shockingly close.
Who gives a s###?
Haha, nice.
mets should pick him up
He’ll get a backup job somewhere.
It’s surprising to me that he wasn’t picked up; catchers don’t grow on trees but he has some power and he’s not an absolute zero behind the plate. He feels like a good bet for the Yankees or maybe the Padres. Of course, the Nationals have a terrible catching corps so I could see him there as well. It is stunning to me that a guy like Jeff Mathis is always employed but Rupp was released; I guess his defense is just that bad.
Yea that’s kind of a burnt out question. Nobody will care who’s younger next season with Machardo signs a 300 million $ + contract next off season with The Phillies…. ..they’ll be talking about a ring.