Toronto Blue Jays former catcher has been acquired by the Seattle Mariners
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Former Toronto Blue Jays catcher Nick Raposo has been claimed off of waiver by the Seattle Mariners after being designated for assignment by the Blue Jays last week.
The Blue Jays decided to designate Raposo for assignment ultimately placing him on waivers because they needed to make room on their 40 man roster for Yimi Garcia who they officially signed to a two year contract that same day.
Blue Jays former catcher Nick Raposo claimed off waivers by the Seattle Mariners
The Blue Jays claimed Raposo off waivers last season from the St Louis Cardinals as he was designated for assignment by the Cardinals, between the Cardinals and Blue Jays triple-A affiliate teams, he had 8 homeruns and 33 RBIs last season.
The Mariners announced early this afternoon that they claimed Raposo off waivers from the Blue Jays and had placed him on their 40 man roster.
Our
@Mariners
claimed catcher Nick Raposo off waivers from the
@BlueJays
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He appeared in 78 Triple-A games in 2024 between the St. Louis Cardinals and Blue Jays organizations.
40-man roster is now at 38.
@Mariners
claimed catcher Nick Raposo off waivers from the
@BlueJays
.
He appeared in 78 Triple-A games in 2024 between the St. Louis Cardinals and Blue Jays organizations.
40-man roster is now at 38.
We've claimed C Nick Raposo off waivers from the Blue Jays. He has been added to the 40-man roster.
Blue Jays fans questioned the decision to place Raposo on waivers since Toronto has so little depth at the catcher position as of right now but unfortunately they did not have a choice.
Toronto had to designate Raposo for assignment because if they wanted to take him off their 40 man roster they needed to place on waivers first.
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