The Reds have signed backstop Tim Federowicz to a minors deal, per the MLB.com transactions page (h/t to Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle). Indeed, the veteran has been with the organization for a few days already and is active at Triple-A.
Federowicz, who recently turned 31, spent some time in the majors this year with the Astros, but was cut loose in late July. This represented the seventh campaign in which he has seen some MLB action. Overall, Federowicz is a .197/.244/.311 hitter in 353 plate appearances at the game’s highest level.
Despite those struggles in limited opportunities with the bat in the majors, Federowicz has been a productive hitter at times in the upper minors. Indeed, he has produced .800+ OPS marks in each of the past three years at the Triple-A level. In 151 plate appearances at the Astros’ top affiliate this season, he produced a hefty .328/.404/.560 batting line.
Jeff – What article was it mentioned in that the Astros cut him loose in July? I never saw it and can’t find it with a search.
It was mentioned briefly in the Maldonado trade post … we typically try to give a DFA its own post, but sometimes the standard is different in heavy news cycles.
link to mlbtraderumors.com
BTW, if you ever want to see what was covered on a given player, the easiest thing to do is to use our post tagging system. There’ll be times where we miss adding a tag, but it is mostly complete. E.g.:
link to mlbtraderumors.com
You can do a lot worse for a backup catcher.
They could have salty
Or maybe wiki Gonzalez
Cubs Legend TFed
The guy’s always had awesome minor league stats and terrible major league stats.
I liked this guy when he was with SF. He just didn’t get a lot of opportunities. He also seemed to have a really good attitude. I think he deserves a decent shot in the majors and hope he gets it and excelled at some point.