The Yankees have released catcher Mike Rivera according to GM Brian Cashman, tweets Marc Carig of The Newark Star-Ledger. The writing was on the wall once the Yanks signed Chad Moeller this morning.
Rivera, 33, struggled in Spring Training (3-for-18) and missed some time with a hamstring issue. He's a .244/.305/.383 career hitter in 582 plate appearances, seeing most of his big league action with the Brewers.
Maybe he signs a minor league deal with the Mariners for some depth?
Rangers?
mets love AAAA catchers
Possibly, but I doubt it. The Rangers have Salty and Teagarden who will apparently be splitting catching duties. If one of them gets hurt then they have Max Ramirez and the newly acquired Matt Treanor in AAA.
Meant to be a reply to Span’s comment btw
For about half a second, I thought this said “Yankees release Mariano Rivera” and my head almost exploded.
Just think of the rumors you would’ve started if the title read, “Yankees Release M. Rivera”.
I was just going to post that.
It’s only fair that the Yankees release (Mike) Rivera, now that the Red Sox have released (Josh) Papelbon.
i thought for a split second it said yankees release mariano rivera that got me an adrenaline rush