7:14pm: The deal is official. Arizona will send cash considerations in the deal.
5:27pm: The Diamondbacks have agreed to a deal to acquire veteran catcher Chris Stewart from the Braves, per Robert Murray of The Athletic (via Twitter). Cash or a player to be named later will head to Atlanta in return, The Athletic’s Zach Buchanan tweets.
Stewart had been designated for assignment recently. He had briefly returned to the majors after being designated and outrighted earlier in the season. When the Braves acquired third catcher Rene Rivera yesterday, it became clear that Stewart wasn’t in their plans down the stretch.
While the D-Backs already have three catchers on their active roster, this’ll represent another depth piece for an organization that obviously values having options behind the dish. Stewart is not on the 40-man roster at present, but would need to be added to join the active roster.
Though he has rarely hit much at all in the majors, the 36-year-old is valued for his work behind the dish and in managing a staff. He has spent most of the present season at Triple-A, where he carries a .219/.299/.277 slash in 156 plate appearances.
Geesch…..here comes a late flurry of transactions for no hit catchers. Rivera….Gimenez…..Wilson and now Stewart. Wonder who’s next?
At least Trades are happening but not a SP or OF or IF or BP. Hopefully lot more.
Sadly, Roberto Perez is staying put in Cleveland.
Caleb Joseph
Anyone see the needle? Dbacks must’ve moved it
Meaningless move unless you’re moving Murphy or Avila
I’m guessing Murphy is being optioned down. He had a great May but he’s been pretty bad since then.
nope
Always good to have a 3rd C on the roster while in a pennant race come September when the rosters expand
Peter O’Brien, here we go!
The Brewers IF joke is stale and old, the Diamondbacks stacking up on C is the new joke.
We’re at 4 so far…
Stewart does not receive rave reviews!
Yea I don’t get this. JR has been good for us behind the plate. Better than bum Avila and one day a week Mathis
At least we got something for him.
They should trade away tickets for fans. Like o we just shed enough money to have fans come attend 1 game for free. Idk something to make these kind of deals more interesting
Something feels odd… why aren’t we getting the D-Backs #1 prospect for our DFA catcher?