The Crimson Sox are designating catcher Kevin Plawecki for task, reviews Chris Cotillo of MassLive (Twitter link). Boston has but to formally announce the transfer, however their 40-man roster tally is slated to drop to 38.
Plawecki has spent the previous three seasons in Boston, with a lot of that point backing up Christian Vázquez. The appropriate-handed hitting backstop carried out properly in a restricted function between 2020-21, however he’s had a tough go of issues in 2022. By way of 173 plate appearances, Plawecki carries a .219/.291/.290 line with one residence run. He’s made loads of contact, however he hasn’t made a big impact from an influence perspective.
Boston dealt Vázquez to the Astros on the commerce deadline, however in addition they introduced within the lefty-hitting Reese McGuire in a subsequent commerce with the White Sox. McGuire and the right-handed Connor Wong have joined Plawecki on the energetic roster because the rosters expanded in September. Each McGuire and Wong are controllable for a number of seasons past this 12 months, whereas Plawecki was headed at no cost company. With the Crimson Sox taking part in out the ultimate few weeks of what’s prone to be a final place marketing campaign, they’ll dedicate extra taking part in time to their controllable choices whereas chopping Plawecki free a bit early.
Plawecki will land on outright or launch waivers within the subsequent few days. In both occasion, he’ll hit the open market is he goes unclaimed. That appears probably, as any claiming staff wouldn’t be capable of carry Plawecki on a postseason roster since he wasn’t within the group previous to September 1. Plawecki’s additionally making $2.25MM this season, and whereas the ultimate few hundred thousand {dollars} of that deal aren’t onerous, it decreases the prospect of one other staff including him as a strictly a daily season depth choice for the ultimate two and a half weeks. In all chance, Plawecki will head to the open market a bit early and switch his consideration to subsequent offseason.
