The Angels have agreed to a minor league contract with catcher Dustin Garneau, MassLive.com’s Chris Cotillo reports (Twitter link). The White Sox outrighted Garneau off their 40-man roster after the season, following a year that saw the 31-year-old appear in just a single big league game.
Over the previous three seasons, Garneau saw substantially more action in part-time duty with the Rockies and Athletics, playing in 87 games total from 2015-17. For his career, Garneau has posted a .194/.269/.321 slash line over 280 Major League plate appearances. Originally a 19th-round pick for Colorado in 2011, Garneau has put up solid numbers (.253/.340/.455) over 2675 minor league PA, though he has yet to display that sort of hitting prowess at the MLB level.
Garneau, 31, will now toss his hat into an Angels’ catching mix that currently includes Jose Briceno and Kevan Smith as the only full-time catchers on the 40-man roster. The Halos have been heavily rumored to be targeting catchers this offseason, so it seems likely that Garneau, Briceno, and Smith will be battling for backup duty in Spring Training.
Signing Justin Morneau would have been bigger news.
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briceno played decently well last season when called up. hope he gets to start. since the team doesn’t seem to be ready to go to postseason anyway, let the youngsters to play.
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Makes sense, if your big prospects aren’t ready yet let the kids play so you can see what you have. If they sink you get a better draft pick lol
He’s 31 which isn’t necessarily categorized as a youngster. Just sayin’
Suck long dong, be nice
That was me being nice
Depth move. Nothing to see here, move along
Thank you