The Orioles are in agreement on a minor league contract with catcher Jesus Sucre, tweets USA Today’s Bob Nightengale. He’ll be invited to Major League Spring Training and would earn $850K if he makes the big league roster. Sucre can also opt out of the contract on March 22 if he’s not on the MLB roster at that point.
Sucre, 30, spent the past two seasons with the Rays, hitting a combined .232/.268/.330 with eight homers in 390 plate appearances spanning 135 games. Those numbers line up fairly well with Sucre’s career marks, though he’s more of a defensive-minded option behind the dish. Throughout his big league career, Sucre has halted 32 percent of stolen-base attempts against him, and he’s consistently registered above-average framing grades throughout his career (with the exception of last season), per Baseball Prospectus.
Presently, the Orioles have only two catchers on the 40-man roster in Chance Sisco and Austin Wynns, though they’ll also have Carlos Perez and Andrew Susac in camp competing for roster spots.
The orioles will be above 500 at the all star break. Write. It. Down.
The all star break of which year?
I’m a lifelong fan, but come on….there is 0% chance of that happening. We are more likely to surpass our loss total from last season than for that to happen.
That’s what needs to happen. They need to eat the next two seasons and hope they hit on a few guys currently in the system while drafting #1-#5.
That’s the spirit
is that attendance?
The Orioles have found Jesus!!!!
It will imposible to be worst than last year IMO
I don’t know this year they don’t have Gausman, Machado, or Schoop. You can probably argue that Mancini, Givens, Bundy, and Cobb are the only MLB caliber players on the roster.
You are right but losing more than 115 games? It is really hard, a lot of things went bad when they were hitting the pitching wasn’t working and viceversa, we’ll see, I hope not, thanks..
I hope not too, but it’s a good possibility. The SP is definitely a bigger question mark than last year as is the offense. It’s going to be interesting. At least itll be mostly young guys out there losing.
Villar and Bleier, too.
Not really
Boston yanks rays and lost of key vets
The Orioles are going to need more than Jesus to have a winning season this year.
man, really scraping the bottom of the barrel here
Good defense…good guy overall. But can’t run… or hit. Don’t think he’ll make team anyway.
I find it funny that even this guy can’t get a big league deal to play for the Orioles. Haha
Anyone else notice that all of their catchers have five letters in their surname? Sucre, Sisco, Wynns, Perez, Susac.
…no? Just me? Ok then
I think that is why Salty retired is he couldn’t sign on with the Orioles.
Sugar Jesus! 80 grade name, 30 grade bat
Sweet Jesus! You beat me to that post by less than a minute. For those unaware, sucre means ‘sugar’ in French.
Joe Sugar!
Moves like this, and Orioles might have to a chance to win 50 games next year.
So thats who a lot of people on the strip in Vegas hold signs of. Honk if you love Jesus!