Martín Maldonado has a robust status for working with pitching staffs.
The Chicago White Sox signed the 37-year-old catcher to a one-year deal Tuesday, a supply confirmed to the Tribune.
Terms haven’t been disclosed. According to the New York Post and MLB Network’s Jon Heyman, who first reported the signing, the deal includes an option year.
Maldonado has a profession .207/.282/.349 slash line with 111 dwelling runs and 361 RBIs in 1,118 video games throughout 13 seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers (2011-16), Los Angeles Angels (2017-18), Houston Astros (2018, 2019-23), Kansas City Royals (2019) and Chicago Cubs (2019).
He hit .191 with 15 homers and 36 RBIs in 116 video games for the Astros in 2023. He has appeared in every of the final six postseasons with the Astros, profitable a World Series championship in 2022.
Maldonado is the second catcher the Sox have added this offseason. They acquired Max Stassi in a commerce from the Atlanta Braves on Dec. 9.
Catchers Korey Lee and Carlos Pérez are additionally on the 40-man roster.
Maldonado made an affect on Lee, who performed within the Astros group earlier than being dealt to the Sox on July 28.
“I got to be around Martín Maldonado, I got to learn from him, I got to see how he managed a pitching staff at that end,” Lee stated in August of his time within the majors with the Astros in 2022. “Learned how he communicated with pitchers and it taught me a lot. I’m going to carry that further into my career and make it my way, but he taught me how to be a professional catcher.”
Maldonado brings that, and his big-game expertise, to the Sox.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com