| 5/14/2013 3:33:00 PM |
Description: Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia is not starting Tuesday's game against Tampa Bay. | Insight: No injury, just a day of rest for the catcher, who has played 29 games this season, batting .263 with four homers and 11 RBI. His 36 strikeouts in 95 at-bats is a little concerning, but catchers with an .828 OPS are hard to come by. | | |
| 5/7/2013 10:21:00 PM |
Description: Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia didn't start Tuesday's game, but he entered and hit a solo homer after David Ross suffered a quad contusion. | Insight: It was Salty's fourth homer of the season. He's hitting .241 and has 34 strikeouts in 83 at-bats. | | |
| 5/7/2013 6:04:00 PM |
Description: Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia is not starting Tuesday's game. | Insight: Saltalamacchia has failed to cut down on the strikeouts this season and is hitting just .235 with three homers. David Ross will catch Tuesday night. | | |
| 4/19/2013 9:57:00 AM |
Description: Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia is hitless in 14 career at-bats against Kansas City starter James Shields. | Insight: Saltalamacchia has hit a homer in two of the last three games, but this matchup is one to be avoided. | | |
| 1/17/2013 3:19:00 PM |
Description: The Red Sox avoided arbitration with catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia by agreeing to a one-year deal worth $4.5 million. SOURCE: Alex Speier, WEEI.com | Insight: Salty hit a career-high 25 homers last season but hit just .222, including .200 with 67 strikeouts in 53 games after the All-Star break. | | |
| 12/3/2012 12:10:00 PM |
Description: According to Jon Heyman from CBS Sports, trade talk surrounding catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia has heated up now that the Red Sox have signed Mike Napoli. | Insight: With Napoli, David Ross, Ryan Lavarnway and Saltalamacchia on the team, Boston now has four catchers on its roster. Somebody has to go and all signs are pointing to Salty after his disappointing second half (.200, 67 K's in 175 AB). | | |
| 11/10/2012 4:25:00 PM |
Description: The Red Sox could make starting catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia available in a trade this offseason according to Jon Paul Morosi from Fox Sports. | Insight: Saltalamacchia has become expendable now that David Ross is with the team. Saltalamacchia's contact rate declined sharply in the second half of last season (.239, 17 HR before the break compared to .200 with eight HR after). | | |
| 9/16/2012 10:35:00 AM |
Description: Boston catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia is hitless in nine lifetime at bats against Toronto starter Brandon Morrow. | Insight: Saltalamacchia is 5-for-11 in his last three appearances but he's not far removed from a brutal 2-for-18 skid and his batting average since the All-Star break is only .221. Bench him Sunday versus the Jays. | | |
| 9/14/2012 7:00:00 PM |
Description: Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia will take a seat Friday night against Toronto. | Insight: Saltalamacchia has been dealing with back issues the past few days, though tonight's absence isn't necessarily because of that. Ryan Lavarnway (.159, 1 HR, 3 RBI) will start behind the plate for Boston. | | |
| Cold | 9/11/2012 6:43:00 PM |
Description: Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia will miss Tuesday night's series opener against the Yankees because of back spasms. | Insight: Saltalamacchia (.225, 23 HR, 53 RBI) has now missed three games in a row. Even before his injury, Saltalamacchia was having a tough month. He's hitting .091 since the start of September. | | |
| Cold | 9/8/2012 6:56:00 PM |
Description: Boston catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia is experiencing back spasms and won't play Saturday night against the Blue Jays. | Insight: Saltalamacchia is just 1-for-11 since hitting his 23rd home run of the season August 31st in Oakland. Ryan Lavarnway (.167, 1 HR, 3 RBI) will get the nod at catcher in his place. | | |
| Cold | 9/7/2012 12:28:00 PM |
Description: Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia isn't a good hitter while facing Henderson Alvarez with just 1 hit in 11 career at-bats (.091). | Insight: Saltalamacchia owns a career-high 23 home runs, but has been struggling since the All-Star break batting .205 with a .645 OPS versus .239 with 17 HR and a .807 OPS before the break. Sit him on Friday. | | |
| 9/3/2012 3:46:00 PM |
Description: Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia isn't in the starting lineup for Monday's matinee against the Mariners. | Insight: Saltalamacchia was on the sidelines for yesterday's game as well. His 23 home runs are enticing, but other than that, the catcher offers very little in terms of fantasy help. | | |
| 9/2/2012 9:11:00 AM |
Description: Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia has three homers in his last eight games but he has never had much success against Athletics starter Brett Anderson, his opponent Sunday. | Insight: Saltalamacchia has been awful in the second half, posting a .214 average with six homers and 45 strikeouts in 35 games. The catcher is 3-for-15(.200) with zero RBIs against Anderson. | | |
| 8/29/2012 9:38:00 PM |
Description: Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia is on the sidelines for Wednesday's game versus Los Angeles. | Insight: Saltalamacchia had been slumping but over his last three games he's started to show some life at the plate again. He's 4-for-12 in that span with a home run and three RBI. | | |
| 8/26/2012 1:13:00 PM |
Description: Boston catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia is not in the lineup Sunday against Kansas City. | Insight: Saltalamacchia still has a chance to break the team record for homers in a season by a catcher but he'll have to get going soon. Right now Saltalamacchia is five long balls shy of Carlton Fisk's mark set back in 1973 but he's hit only four home runs since the start of the second half. | | |
| Cold | 8/23/2012 7:03:00 PM |
Description: Catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia won't be on the field Thursday night for Boston's series finale against the Angels. | Insight: Saltalamacchia's home run Tuesday was his first since July 27th. The Red Sox catcher has been a strikeout machine in recent weeks, whiffing in 37 of his 93 at bats post All-Star break. | | |
| Cold | 8/4/2012 12:32:00 PM |
Description: Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia is questionable for Saturday's game against Minnesota with an ear infection. | Insight: Saltalamacchia was solid in the first two months of the season, but is batting .184 over the past four weeks. His 20 homers this season is already a career high. | | |
| Cold | 7/28/2012 1:02:00 PM |
Description: Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia is not in the starting lineup for Saturday's game against New York. No injury, simply the normal rest for a catcher in a day game after a night game. | Insight: Saltalamacchia was solid in the first two months of the season, but since is batting just .186. His 20 homers this season is already a career high. | | |
| Cold | 7/21/2012 11:02:00 PM |
Description: Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia had just one hit Saturday against Toronto but he made it count -- the catcher blasted a three-run homer in the second inning. | Insight: Saltalamacchia sat the last three games after going 9-for-68 (.132) with 31 strikeouts since June 22. Saltalamacchia is going to have to keep slugging homers to warrant starting him with his .228 average. | | |
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