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Mariners Claim Nick Raposo

By Darragh McDonald | December 19, 2024 at 2:20pm CDT

2:20pm: The Mariners have now announced the claim. Their 40-man roster is up to 38 players.

1:00pm: The Mariners have claimed catcher Nick Raposo off waivers from the Blue Jays, MLBTR has learned. The latter club designated him for assignment last week. The Mariners had 40-man roster vacancies and didn’t need to make a corresponding move.

Raposo, 27 in June, still hasn’t made his major league debut. The Cardinals added him to their 40-man roster in June when both Willson Contreras and Iván Herrera were on the injured list, but Contreras was reinstated a few days later. Raposo was optioned to the minors without getting into a game. He was designated for assignment in July when the Cards added Erick Fedde and Tommy Pham in a deal just before the deadline. He was claimed by the Jays and stuck on their roster until last week, getting designated for assignment again when Toronto signed Yimi García.

Over the past four years, Raposo has taken 808 plate appearances in the minors. He has a combined batting line of .241/.321/.387 in that time, which translates to a wRC+ of 85. Baseball Prospectus has generally given him solid marks for his blocking and throwing in the minors.

The Mariners only really have one proper catcher on the 40-man roster right now in Cal Raleigh. They also have Mitch Garver, who they signed last offseason with the idea of using him as a full-time designated hitter. That plan didn’t work out as Garver struggled with the bat in 2024, so the M’s did eventually put him behind the plate a few times, either to try to extract some value from him or with the hope that returning to catching would somehow help get back in a groove offensively. Seby Zavala was the third backstop to play for the M’s in 2024 but he was outrighted off the roster in September and signed a minor league deal with the Red Sox last month.

It’s unclear how the M’s plan to tackle their catching situation in 2025, apart from Raleigh being the obvious mainstay. If Garver is the backup, then Raposo can serve as an optionable depth piece in Triple-A. If Garver is going to be heavily in the DH mix, Raposo could battle for the backup job. The nature of that battle will depend on who else the M’s bring in, whether that’s veterans on non-roster deals or perhaps other waiver claims such as this one.

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19 Comments

  1. Bnickles127

    10 months ago

    No comment

    Reply
    • tom brunanskys black sock

      10 months ago

      We could be so lucky

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      Reply
      • rottenboyfriend

        10 months ago

        Until ownership makes the financial commitment to spent at least 180M on payroll the best the Mariners can hope for is sneaking in as a wild card team! One playoff appearance over the past 22 years speaks volumes about the organisation’s commitment to winning a championship!

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  2. Zippy the Pinhead

    10 months ago

    World Ser– aw, screw it.

    5
    Reply
  3. TheBoatmen

    10 months ago

    Couldn’t sneak him down to the minors. Shatkins finish second again.

    Reply
  4. shane253

    10 months ago

    Great move!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! World series 2025!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    2
    Reply
  5. Baseball dude

    10 months ago

    Ummmm, no they shouldn’t.

    2
    Reply
    • Fever Pitch Guy

      10 months ago

      MLB – They should have changed their name to the Kraken when they had a chance.

      2
      Reply
    • BPG86

      10 months ago

      Depth pieces, minor league players. What’s difficult to understand about that?

      2
      Reply
  6. KingSall77

    10 months ago

    As Willy Wonka would say. You get NOTHING YOU lose!!! Good day sir!!

    2
    Reply
  7. Dbird777

    10 months ago

    The blockbusters just keep on comin’

    2
    Reply
  8. bloomquist4hof

    10 months ago

    Probable headline a week or two from now: Mariners Designate Nick Raposo for Assignment

    2
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    • BPG86

      10 months ago

      They would need to add 3 Major League contracts in order to need to DFA someone. I don’t see that happening.

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  9. Enrico Pallazzo

    10 months ago

    This will be the biggest move of the winter for the mariners. So pathetic

    Reply
  10. Larry Brown's crank

    10 months ago

    and the reign are on a Roposo Chevrolet power play!!

    Reply
  11. Stevil

    10 months ago

    Every single team in baseball makes moves like these. Seattle only had one catcher in AAA, so this move was necessary, and it suggests Ford will start the season in AA, which he should.

    Reply
  12. Randall Charles

    10 months ago

    Yes! Jerry takes quantity of quality

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    Reply
  13. chrisjaybecker

    10 months ago

    I was going to make a pun with the word Rap in it, but… (rolls over to go back to sleep)…

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