The Blue Jays introduced that they’ve claimed catcher Nick Raposo off waivers from the Cardinals and optioned him to Triple-A Buffalo. The backstop was designated for task earlier this week when the Playing cards accomplished their three-team trade with the Dodgers and White Sox. The Jays had a number of open roster spots from their very own deadline dealings and their 40-man roster rely is now at 37.
Raposo, 26, was chosen to the Cardinal roster in June when each Iván Herrera and Willson Contreras have been on the injured checklist, leaving Pedro Pagés atop the membership’s depth chart. However Contreras was reinstated from the IL a few days later and Raposo was optioned earlier than stepping into a significant league recreation.
The backstop went unselected within the shortened five-round draft in 2020 after which signed with the Playing cards as an undrafted free agent. He was plugged onto their Double-A crew and hit nicely at that stage, however then struggled after getting bumped to Triple-A. He at the moment holds a batting line of .268/.348/.424 at Double-A however a line of .206/.276/.355 at Triple-A.
Raposo has by no means been a highly-touted prospect however the Jays might use the catching depth. They traded Danny Jansen to the Pink Sox previous to the deadline and are actually left with Alejandro Kirk and Brian Serven as the one catchers on their 40-man roster. Raposo provides them another choice at Triple-A to be referred to as upon when vital. He has a full slate of choices and nearly no service time, so he might be a part of their catching depth for a very long time if he continues to hold onto a roster spot.
