The Pittsburgh Pirates traded catcher Kris Watts to the Washington Nationals for cash considerations on Thursday.
Watts, 27, appeared in nine games for Triple-A Indianapolis this season where he hit for a .250/.357/.292 line over 24 at-bats. He was drafted by the Pirates in 2006 and split the 2011 season at Double-A Altoona and Indy.
After promoting catching prospect Tony Sanchez to Triple-A last week, the Indians had a log jam behind the plate. The club already had Eric Fryer and Jose Morales and Watts became expendable.
June 8, 2012 at 12:05 am
does this men that morales didn’t use his out clause and is sticking around?
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June 8, 2012 at 12:51 am
For now he’s still around.
June 8, 2012 at 5:38 am
With 3 catchers at Indy, are they going to start using Fryer in other positions?
June 8, 2012 at 7:33 am
fryer has played the OF plenty of times in his career