Some minor moves from around the game…
- The White Sox signed catcher Brett Nicholas to a minor league contract, per Baseball America’s Kegan Lowe. The 30-year-old is a career .252/.300/.456 hitter in a limited sample of 110 plate appearances, all coming with the Rangers back in 2016-17. Nicholas spent the 2018 season with the Padres’ Triple-A club and, as he’s done in the past, hit well at that level — particularly for a catcher. In 456 PAs last year, Nicholas hit .291/.353/.485 with 16 homers. He’s a lifetime .285/.337/.440 hitter in 2125 PAs at that level. He spent Spring Training with the Rockies but was granted his release late in camp after a rough 1-for-20 showing. Defensively, Nicholas has a marginally below-average 26 percent caught-stealing rate in his pro career, but his framing marks in Triple-A are consistently poor. He’ll give the Sox another depth piece behind Welington Castillo and James McCann.
Dumpster diving. Cashman should take a note.
id take Nicholas over Higs.
I wouldn’t, Higgy is very good defensively and has some pop
He may give depth behind Castillo and McCann. He also will fit perfectly into the Sox mindset that framing and defensive skills for a catcher are meaningless.
Another garbage move that has become synonymous with this ownership and front office.
Bullpen just fell apart again. Soroka held D Backs to one run. in 6 innnings Bullpen came in immediately gave up 3 in the 7th. This is getting to be too regular.
Wrong article bud
Easy, people. Collins and Zavala obviously aren’t ready for a promotion, so the Sox need to bring someone up in case McCann or Castillo go on the IL over the next couple months. I don’t know why MBLTR even bothered with this article, especially since the Sox have made roster moves in the past few weeks that didn’t get mentioned on here. But I don’t run this website, I just read the articles.
I wouldn’t sweat this move.