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Yankees Outright Chris Rabago

By Steve Adams | August 24, 2018 at 1:56pm CDT

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.

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18 Comments

  1. Pingleja

    7 years ago

    There goes the playoffs

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  2. qbass187

    7 years ago

    “Sub-par framing marks”? No wonder the Yankees wanted him!! Keep the tradition rolling from Posada & Sanchez and their god awful pitch calling!

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    • elduque26

      7 years ago

      Except that Sanchez is a good pitch framer.

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      • rocky7

        7 years ago

        Sanchez is the most obvious “framer” who will not get the call from a blind umpire!

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        • kimjongun2.0

          7 years ago

          …..when the ball isn’t passed him

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      • Foreveryankees

        7 years ago

        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!!

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    • JJB

      7 years ago

      LERN 2 STAT BRO. Big difference between pitch calling and pitch framing.

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    • kimjongun2.0

      7 years ago

      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

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    • Chris

      7 years ago

      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

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  3. Matthew C

    7 years ago

    Funny you dont know what pitch FRAMING is or how Gary ranks within the league.

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  4. pinkerton

    7 years ago

    Rabago?

    Lonestar! LONESTAR!!!!

    (I know it’s a stretch but his name reminded me of that part.)

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    • costergaard2

      7 years ago

      I enjoyed it. Winnebago = )

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  5. Judge Judy

    7 years ago

    Excellent. The best farm just got better. Catcher with tons of upside. Why would the Rockies let him go?? Cash always 5 moves ahead.

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    • phillyfan15

      7 years ago

      Is it actually the best farm?

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      • jdgoat

        7 years ago

        It’s not even top two in the division

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    • darkstar61

      7 years ago

      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.

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    • srechter

      7 years ago

      He’s trolling, fellas.

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    • canadianyankee

      7 years ago

      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

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