The Red Sox have announced that catcher Juan Centeno was outrighted from the 40-man roster. He elected free agency.
Soon to reach his 30th birthday, Centeno will go out searching for the best possible opportunity this winter. He has appeared in the bigs in each of the past seven seasons, but still has only appeared in 118 games in total.
Centeno offers a relatively rare left-handed bat from the catching position, but hasn’t hit much in his opportunities. In 371 plate appearances in the majors, he carries a .223/.278/.323 batting line. Centeno slashed .248/.321/.350 in his 301 Triple-A plate appearances this season.
Juan Cent (eno) would be a great minor league signing depth candidate for his old Minnesota Twins organization, if he can’t land a MLB contract somewhere. Juan Cent had some great moments with the Twins.
the yearly Juan Centeno outright article i crave
He’s the quintessential 3rd catcher. Dude will always have a job.
I will miss this man when he finally isn’t signed to a minor league contract every year for the next 45 years.
There may have.bee many other lefty batting catchers as I can think of several switch hitters including Varitek, Leon (not really a hitter but he does pose from both sides) and of course borderline HOF Ted Simmons. Strictly from the left side, only Rich Gedman comes to mind.
These guys feel “left” out:
Yogi Berra
Mickey Cochrane
Darren Daulton
Bill Dickey
Darrin Fletcher
Terry Kennedy
Mike Lavalliere
Joe Mauer
Tim McCarver
A.J. Pierzynski
Darrell Porter
John Roseboro
Mike Scioscia
B.J. Surhoff
Ernie Whitt