The Indianapolis Indians announced that Austin Meadows has been placed on the 7-day disabled list, making the move retroactive to July 1st. Earlier in the day, Meadows was removed from the Futures Game, with the reason being a hamstring strain.
When Brian Peloza asked Indianapolis manager Dean Treanor about Meadows yesterday, he said “He’s just banged up a little bit, I just want to make sure that he’s completely healthy and ready to go.”
Indianapolis will need to probably add a few bodies as they lost Steven Brault to the majors, Jacob Stallings was designated for assignment and now Meadows is on the disabled list. One thing that helps them is that they go on their All-Star break for three days after Sunday’s game.
Tomas Morales has moved from Altoona to Indianapolis to backup Jin-De Jhang. So now the two catchers for Indianapolis are the Opening Day backups for Altoona and Bradenton.
No word yet on whether the Curve will add a catcher or just go with Jonathan Schwind as the backup for Reese McGuire. Schwind was drafted as a catcher in 2011, but he hasn’t played there since 2013, though he has been the emergency catcher for the team the last few years. So there could be at least one more move coming up.
UPDATE: Well this is certainly an interesting update. Morales won’t be there for first pitch, so the backup catcher for tonight is Miguel Perez, who is the Indianapolis third base coach. The 32-year-old Perez was last a regular catcher in 2010 and he has two games of Major League experience, playing for the Reds in 2005. He caught a total of 22 games from 2011-13, mostly serving as a player-coach AKA a roving third-string catcher wherever he was needed. I’m sure they hope he isn’t needed tonight and can go back to his coaching duties tomorrow.
