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ATL • C
about 1 month ago
León, who turns 37 in March, appears set to spend a third straight season in the Braves’ organization, probably at Triple-A Gwinnett. He appeared in five major league games this year, with a homer off Craig Kimbrel being his only hit in 12 at-bats.
ATL • C
2 months ago
He also had another RBI on a fielder’s choice. The 36-year-old León has spent about a month with the Braves this season, but most of that was as the No. 3 catcher behind Drake Baldwin and Sean Murphy. Now that he’s No. 2, he finally got a chance to start, and he hit his first major league homer since September 22, 2021, and it came off a guy he caught with the Red Sox from 2016-18 (and won a World Series with) and also caught for a time in the minors at Triple-A Gwinnett this season. It was the second time the two had faced each other in a major league game. The other occasion was on July 20, 2012 in León’s third career game for the Nationals. León flied out then.
ATL • C
2 months ago
The 36-year-old León was previously up from July 21-Aug. 15, but he got just one at-bat then while serving as a third catcher. He’ll be No. 2 behind Drake Baldwin now, so he’ll get the occasional start, probably against left-handed pitching.
ATL • C
4 months ago
With the Braves now playing both Sean Murphy and Drake Baldwin regularly at the expense of Marcell Ozuna at the DH spot, the team decided it could use León as a true back-up catcher. He figures to start maybe once a week, but will give the team options behind its two starters.
ATL • C
4 months ago
With the Braves now playing both Sean Murphy and Drake Baldwin regularly at the expense of Marcell Ozuna at the DH spot, the team decided it could use León as a true back-up catcher. He figures to start maybe once a week, but will give the team options behind its two starters.