With Victor Martinez being able to catch Tim Wakefield and Jason Varitek back for what’s likely his final season in a Boston Red Sox uniform, George Kottaras temporarily found himself out of a job on Wednesday.
According to Alex Speier of WEEI.com, the Red Sox put Kottaras on release waivers. He was picked on Wednesday afternoon by the Milwaukee Brewers, who placed a claim.
Kottaras won the right to catch Wakefield during spring training beating out Josh Bard. Kottaras was a vital reason why Wakefield went to the All-Star Game last season. He caught 18 of Wake’s 21 starts while VMart caught his final three of the 2009 season.
He appeared in 45 games during his rookie year, hitting .237 with one home run and ten RBIs.
At least they didn’t wait until he was suited up at Spring Training to do it this time.
Definitely much better than pulling a Mirabelli on him.
I wish him well. He was out of options and asked to be released.
Good luck with the Brewers.
Depth Chart:
VMart
Tek
Brown
Wagner
Exposito
Federowicz
Lavarnway
We are starting to show some real depth at backstop.
You know I’ll be following Federowicz out of North Carolina and Exposito is a Florida boy, so I hope he has a great year too.
It will be interesting to see what happens when the minor league rosters are announced to see where everyone goes.