JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA RUMORS
Salty’s foolish error is not knowing Rule 5.09
The Red Sox lost 9-7 to Toronto yesterday, April 30. One of the key plays of the games was an error by Boston catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Salty threw the ball down the right field line, trying to pick off Jose Bautista with the bases loaded. Two runs scored on the error.
Maybe the Red Sox need to add a MLB Rule Book class for all players, a crash course to learn all the rules...
Jarrod Saltalamacchia Regrets Not Following Up After Error Saying, ‘I didn’t Really Know Ruling On It’ (Video)
Jarrod Saltalamacchia may be beating himself up over this one for a little while.
The Red Sox had their five-game win streak snapped on Tuesday night in Toronto, and two of the Blue Jays’ nine runs were scored on an error made by Saltalamacchia in the 3rd inning. The Sox went on to lose 9-7.
The error occurred in the bottom of the 3rd with the bases loaded and nobody out. Saltalamacchia...
Evaluating the starters: Catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia
Entering this season the Red Sox need to get the production out of Jarrod Saltalamacchia that they expected to get when choosing him as Jason Variteks replacement. In 2012 Saltalamacchia played in 121 games compiling 405 at bats with only a .222 batting average. Saltalamacchia began last season putting up numbers that were debatable for a selection to the All Star Game but slumped...
Red Sox, Saltalamacchia agree to $4.5 million
The Boston Red Sox announced Thursday that catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia agreed to a one-year contract. The deal is worth $4.5 million, Saltalamacchia's agent, James Munsey, told ESPN Boston. The deal means that Saltalamacchia avoids salary arbitration. The Red Sox have eight players still eligible for arbitration, including new closer Joel Hanrahan, reliever Andrew Bailey...
CBS: Teams asking Red Sox about Salty
Not a lot of hard facts in there, but this tweet from CBS' Jon Heyman suggests what we've all assumed for a while: Jarrod Saltalamacchia is most likely to be the odd man out in the Boston catching situation.
Nonetheless, Heyman doesn't find a trade all that likely. And there are some factors that point toward Heyman being right. There aren't many catchers who hit...
Red Sox Must Make Decision At Catcher
By SBRForum.com
The Boston Red Sox have a number of offseason decisions to make and while the organization clearly needs help from the outside, they also need to make some important assessments internally too. One of those such choices that the Red Sox will have to make is to which catcher they want to use going forward: Jarrod Saltalamacchia or Ryan Lavarnway.
On one hand, the Red...
Jenny Dell, Jarrod Saltalamacchia Drop by Jimmy Fund Clinic to Put Smiles on Kids' Faces (Video)
Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia and NESN's Jenny Dell are two busy people this time of year. You'll never catch them passing up an opportunity to visit the Jimmy Fund Clinic, though. Saltalamacchia and Dell find it an honor to visit the kids at the clinic. The patients there have shown a ton of resilience in their respective battles with cancer, and are thus a source...
Jarrod Saltalamacchia's Slump Has Been Ugly, But Catcher Should Have Reason for Optimism
Jarrod Saltalamacchia strikes out a lot. This is nothing new. However, not even Saltalamacchia is used to striking out at the rate that he is right now. The Red Sox catcher had another rough night at the plate on Monday night, as he went down on strikes three times against the White Sox. He now has six strikeouts in his 12 at-bats since the All-Star break, and the K parade extends...
Waiver Wire: Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C, Boston Red Sox
Just because you can’t begin to spell his name correctly doesn’t mean you should be scared of picking up Boston catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia.
As I’ve stated before, the position of catcher is not a superfluously deep position. Salty is a very attractive option for owners who have guys like Carlos Santana and Jonathan LucRoy on the DL.
Even more surprising than how many letters...
Video: Red Sox catcher fights off dehydration, hits walk-off homer
BOSTON -- The stretch of 20 games in 20 days wore on Jarrod Saltalamacchia. After days and weeks of crouching down at the backstop, the Red Sox catcher had grown dehydrated in recent days. With fatigue consuming his body, Saltalamacchia was hooked on IV's in an attempt to regain lost fluid. That's what made Saturday's walk-off, two-run homer in the 3-2 victory more spectacular...
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