The Yankees announced that they’ve outrighted catcher Chris Rabago off the 40-man roster. Rabago, who was claimed off waivers out of the Rockies organization just two days ago, will remain in Double-A Trenton for now. It seems that the Yankees claimed him solely with the intent to immediately try to pass Rabago through waivers themselves — a move that’ll now pay some dividends, as they can retain his rights without dedicating a 40-man roster spot.
Rabago was a 13th-round selection by the Rockies back in 2014 and found himself added to the 40-man roster last November on the heels of a .272/.350/.393 batting line in 358 plate appearances in Class-A Advanced. This season has proven more of a challenge, as he’s managed just a .213/.292/.361 slash through 229 plate appearances with Colorado’s Double-A affiliate. (Rabago has yet to even suit up for the Yankees’ Trenton club.) He’s delivered sub-par framing marks in 2018, per Baseball-Prospectus, but does have a 34 percent caught-stealing rate. Rabago wasn’t considered to be among the Rockies’ top prospects and won’t feature prominently on the Yankees’ rankings, either, though he’ll add some depth to the upper levels of their system.
There goes the playoffs
“Sub-par framing marks”? No wonder the Yankees wanted him!! Keep the tradition rolling from Posada & Sanchez and their god awful pitch calling!
Except that Sanchez is a good pitch framer.
Sanchez is the most obvious “framer” who will not get the call from a blind umpire!
…..when the ball isn’t passed him
There is a miss conception about pitch framing! The call is made before the ball is in the catchers mitt! When it crosses the plate right!!
LERN 2 STAT BRO. Big difference between pitch calling and pitch framing.
Don’t try to say posada isn’t good and Gary’s hitting makes up for the at times bad catching also I know this Year he did not do well but you have to give him a chance
Completely skips over Russell Martin, Brian McCann, and Francisco Cervelli. But it’s always important to skip facts if it doesn’t fit your narrative
Funny you dont know what pitch FRAMING is or how Gary ranks within the league.
Rabago?
Lonestar! LONESTAR!!!!
(I know it’s a stretch but his name reminded me of that part.)
I enjoyed it. Winnebago = )
Excellent. The best farm just got better. Catcher with tons of upside. Why would the Rockies let him go?? Cash always 5 moves ahead.
Is it actually the best farm?
It’s not even top two in the division
25 and a half year old poor framing catcher hitting 20% below average in AA in this, his 5th year of Pro Baseball? And one that no other team sees enough in to claim him, with his getting to the next to last possible claim once and immediately clearing without issue on the second go round?
Sure, sky’s the limit on this guy, clearly.
He’s trolling, fellas.
Yanks are ranked 14th best farm…having said that, they also hold the 2nd best record in all of baseball with young controllable talent, the next crop of kids that are set to come up could be as good or better than the current crop…so IMO the farm rankings aren’t as important as they were at this time last year