Boston manager Ron Roenicke said Vazquez's right heel has been bothering him, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports, and the team didn't want the injury flaring up to the point where he would miss significant time. Despite that quality showing, Plawecki still maintains a lackluster .171/.263/.343 slash line for the season and looks like the clear No.
Plawecki certainly doesn't possess the same offensive upside as Gomes, though, and his value is limited further if he ends up in a timeshare behind the plate with Roberto Perez, as the Indians employed in the past.CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Red Sox's Kevin Plawecki: Three hits in Tuesday's startRed Sox's Kevin Plawecki: Added competition to poolRed Sox's Kevin Plawecki: Roster rule changes help chancesIndians' Kevin Plawecki: Benched after two straight startsIndians' Kevin Plawecki: Gets second start of seriesIndians' Kevin Plawecki: Begins year as No.
Both players have done enough to win the job, so the decision-making process will play itself out over the final two weeks. 2 role behind the plate. Christian Vazquez is locked in as Boston's starting catcher, but Plawecki seems well ahead of Jonathan Lucroy on the depth chart and could see a couple starts a week this season as Vazquez's primary backup.Boston manager Ron Roenicke plans to rest starters early in the season, per Ian Browne of MLB.com, so Plawecki replaced Christian Vazquez on Saturday. The backstop was making just his fifth start of the second half and continues to serve as the clear No. Team: Boston Red Sox (majors) Born: February 26, 1991 in Hinsdale, IL us Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (35th) of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN).. High School: Westfield HS (Westfield, IN) The backstop was making just his second start in seven games and isn't expected to see his playing time dramatically increase moving forward with Roberto Perez locked in as Cleveland's top catcher.Plawecki was behind the plate in Saturday's 7-2 win, finishing 1-for-2 with a double and a run scored while also reaching base when he was hit by a pitch. Sports and lifestyle photographer based in West Lafayette, Indiana. That line holds up well as the 29-year-old backstop competes with the 33-year-old Jonathan Lucroy for the backup catcher position.
Kevin Plawecki vs Previous Game; 9/29/19 3:05 PM vs Washington Nationals: career statistics vs. Washington Nationals pitchers. Top option Roberto Perez hasn't shown much aptitude as a hitter over parts of six seasons in the big leagues, but the trust he's established with Cleveland's pitching staff should be enough to keep him ahead of Plawecki on the depth chart.Plawecki was acquired just three days prior and looks to be in line for a split with Roberto Perez behind the plate in Cleveland. 2 backstop. 2 catcherIndians' Kevin Plawecki: Avoids arbitration with Cleveland He first said he couldn't envision a scenario where the Red Sox retained three catchers, then said he was open to the idea. Expect Plawecki and Lucroy to get their chances over the first few weeks of the season in a battle for the backup role before roster cut-downs.Lucroy was initially left off the player pool while the Red Sox interim manager Ron Roenicke had wavered on the notion of keeping three catchers before the coronavirus pandemic forced MLB to halt baseball. Plawecki will likely serve as a backup behind Christian Vazquez to begin the 2020 season.Plawecki struggled at the dish in 2019, hitting just .222 with three homers and 17 RBI over 60 games. Position: Catcher Bats: Right • Throws: Right 6-2, 208lb (188cm, 94kg) . It's uncertain if Vazquez will be ready to catch Tuesday, so Plawecki could draw the start against the Phillies.
If MLB adopts the roster expansion as expected, Boston will have the luxury of carrying two backup catchers over the first month of the season, giving Roenicke time to evaluate which is the best fit to back up Christian Vazquez.Plawecki is 9-for-19 (.474) with a double and two RBI over 10 games. That could mean Plawecki is the top backup, ahead of Jonathan Lucroy, who appeared as a fill-in for Vazquez in the season-opening blowout win over the Orioles on Friday. Perez has never started more than 66 games behind the plate in Cleveland, typically playing a heavy backup role behind the now-departed Yan Gomes, but it remains to be seen whether Plawecki or Perez will be the leading man this season.Following the Mets' signing of Wilson Ramos, Plawecki looked to eventually wind up squeezed out of a roster spot in the big leagues. The Plawecki was previously behind the plate in Friday's series opener, going hitless in three at-bats in the Tribe's 2-1 win. One of the big storylines for the Red Sox during the 2019 season was their catching situation. 2 catcher behind Roberto Perez, who checks back into the starting nine for Sunday's series finale.He'll be spelling top backstop Roberto Perez, who is receiving a maintenance day after three consecutive turns behind the dish. If he does resurface in the major leagues during the 2020 campaign, it'll likely be in a backup role.Plawecki put the Indians on the board with a two-run shot off Royals starter Eric Skoglund in the third inning, then tied the game in the seventh with an RBI single. Perez's quality defense and surprising emergence as a power source this season should keep him locked into a heavy volume of starts every week, leaving minimal opportunities available for Plawecki.Plawecki surprisingly drew starts behind the plate in the first two games of the series, going hitless Friday before hitting a solo home run and driving in another on a sacrifice fly in Saturday's 8-4 win.