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  • • Nationals Release Derek Dietrich, Blake Swihart
    The Nationals have released utilityman Derek Dietrich and catcher/corner outfielder Blake Swihart, relays Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post. Both players had been with their top affiliate in Rochester after signing minor league deals this year. Dietrich began the year with the Yankees’ Triple-A club, posting a bizarre but productive .215/.413/.393 line over 143 plate appearances. While&...2021
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  • • Nationals, Blake Swihart Agree To Minor League Deal
    The Nationals and free-agent catcher/outfielder Blake Swihart agreed to a minor league deal, as first reported by Talk Nats (on Twitter). Swihart, an O’Connell Sports Management client, will be invited to Major League Spring Training. MLBTR has confirmed the agreement between the two sides. Soon to turn 29, Swihart once ranked as one of the…...2021
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  • • Rangers Release Blake Swihart
    The Rangers announced that they’ve released catcher/outfielder Blake Swihart. He had been at the Rangers’ alternate training site as part of their 60-man player pool. Formerly a high-end prospect with the Red Sox, Swihart appeared in the majors with the club from 2015-19 before it traded him to Arizona last year. The Diamondbacks outrighted Swihart…...2020
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  • • Texas Rangers' offseason reviewed
    The Rangers face major competition in the AL West. Have they done enough to field a competitive roster in 2020? Major League Signings Kyle Gibson, RHP: three years, $2M Jordan Lyles, RHP: two years, $16M Robinson Chirinos, C: one year, $6.75M (includes buyout on 2021 club option) Joely Rodriguez, LHP: two years, $5.5M (includes buyout on 2022 club option) Todd Frazier, 3B: one year, $5M Total spen...2020
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  • • Rangers Sign Blake Swihart, Brian Flynn, 3 Others
    The Rangers announced a host of minor-league deals this afternoon. Catcher/outfielder Blake Swihart, southpaw Brian Flynn, and righties Tim Dillard and Arturo Reyes all received spring invites. Reliever Matt Bush inked a two-year minors deal that doesn’t promise participation in MLB camp. More to come …...2019
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  • • Diamondbacks Acquire Blake Swihart
    The Diamondbacks have acquired catcher Blake Swihart from the Red Sox, per a club announcement. International pool money is also going to Arizona in the deal — $500K in spending capacity, GM Mike Hazen tells reporters including Zach Buchanan of The Athletic (Twitter links) — with outfield prospect Marcus Wilson going to Boston in return. Swihart had…...2019
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  • • Red Sox C Christian Vazquez out six to eight weeks with fractured finger
    Nobody has caught more games for the 2018 Boston Red Sox than Christian Vazquez, but for the time being, Boston will look elsewhere behind the plate.The Red Sox backstop will miss the next six to eight weeks as he recovers from a fractured finger. Vazquez has caught 58 of Boston’s 91 games. Certainly, hitting isn’t the strength of Vazquez’s game, as he’s hit .213/.249/.300 with only three home run...2018
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  • • Looking for a match in a Blake Swihart trade
    Blake Swihart’s career path has been anything but conventional. The former first-round pick was considered one of the game’s elite prospects prior to the 2015 season and was heralded as a potential cornerstone behind the dish before injuries, questions about his defense and the emergence of Christian Vazquez changed his role. Swihart took to the outfield in 2016 with the hope that he’d be able to ...2018
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  • • Looking For A Match In A Blake Swihart Trade
    Blake Swihart’s career path has been anything but conventional. The former first-round pick was considered one of the game’s elite prospects prior to the 2015 season and was heralded as a potential cornerstone behind the dish before injuries, questions about his defense and the emergence of Christian Vazquez changed his role. Swihart took to the…...2018
  • • Swihart's agent wants trade from Red Sox
    The agent for Blake Swihart, a former top prospect who has battled injuries and struggled to find playing time with the Red Sox, has requested that his client be traded out of Boston....2018
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  • • Mariners' Cano takes pitch off hand, leaves game
    Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano departed in the third inning Sunday after taking a pitch off the right hand from Tigers starter Blaine Hardy, Greg Johns of MLB.com was among those to report. Seattle’s left to hope this isn’t a serious injury for Cano, who has slashed a robust .287/.381/.441 over the first 168 plate appearances of his age-35 campaign. Thanks in part to Cano’s efforts, the Mar...2018
  • • Could Red Sox have interest in Matt Harvey?
    The New York Mets have to either trade or release Matt Harvey this week after he refused a minor league assignment, and there has been some talk that a team like the Boston Red Sox could be in a position to take a chance on the right-hander.While Boston is currently the best team in baseball and has solid starting pitching depth, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe wrote over the weekend that the Met...2018
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  • • AL East notes: Marco Hernandez setback, O's bitten by injury bug
    The Red Sox told reporters today that infielder Marco Hernandez will miss the remainder of Spring Training after incurring a setback in his rehab from last year’s shoulder surgery (via MassLive.com’s Jen McCaffrey). Hernandez, who initially went under the knife late last May, went back to Boston for a second procedure this week after doctors determined that he needed to have the pins that were ins...2018
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  • • Blake Swihart To Undergo Ankle Surgery
    Red Sox catcher/outfielder Blake Swihart will undergo ankle surgery in the coming days, manager John Farrell told reporters following tonight’s game against the Yankees (Twitter link via Evan Drellich of the Boston Herald). The operation figures to end Swihart’s sophomore season with just 19 games and 74 plate appearances in the books at the big…...2016
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  • • East Notes: Red Sox Outfield, Phillies, Syndergaard, Teheran
    Red Sox outfielder Chris Young hit the DL with a hamstring injury, as Chris Mason of the Boston Herald writes. He joins Brock Holt and Blake Swihart as unavailable left field options for Boston, which already had ample justification to pursue an upgrade at the position. There’s some optimism for both of those players, at…...2016
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  • • Chris Young Injury: Updates on Red Sox OF's Leg and Return
    2016
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  • 2021
    "The Nationals and free-agent catcher/outfielder Blake Swihart agreed to a minor league deal, as first reported by Talk Nats (on Twitter)."

  • 2020
    "The Rangers announced that they’ve released catcher/outfielder Blake Swihart."

  • 2019
    "Catcher/outfielder Blake Swihart, southpaw Brian Flynn, and righties Tim Dillard and Arturo Reyes all received spring invites."

  • 2018
    "Evan Drellich of NBC Sports Boston argues that while the Red Sox could benefit from a year of carrying the out-of-options Blake Swihart as a utility player, they may not ever get a higher return for him in a trade than they would this spring."

  • 2017
    "It had been a long time since Blake Swihart last caught at the Major League level -- April 12, 2016, to be exact, when he squatted behind the dish for the Red Sox."

  • 2016
    "Blake Swihart picked up three hits, Travis Shaw homered and top prospect Yoan Moncada made his Grapefruit League debut as the Red Sox beat the Pirates, 6-2, at McKechnie Field on Wednesday."

  • 2015
    "com reported in January that the Phillies were "unrealistic in their expectations," possibly asking for both Mookie Betts and Blake Swihart in exchange for Hamels."

  • 2014
    "Boston has Blake Swihart as a potential back-fill at catcher and have several quality arms to compensate for the loss of Barnes."

Blake Swihart trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Red Sox Place Sandy Leon On Waivers
    The Red Sox have placed catcher Sandy Leon on waivers, as per WEEI.com’s Evan Drellich (Twitter link). The move comes after months of trade rumors surrounding Boston’s catching situation, as the team didn’t plan on keeping all three of Leon, Christian Vazquez, and Blake Swihart on its Opening Day roster.  No deals materialized, however, as…...2019
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  • • Christian Vazquez most likely of three Red Sox catchers to stay on roster
    Sometime in the next couple weeks, the Red Sox expect to trade one of their three catchers – Christian Vazquez, Sandy Leon or Blake Swihart. The light-hitting Vazquez seems to have a strong chance to stick around, though, as manager Alex Cora lavished praise on him Saturday (via Alex Speier of the Boston Globe). Cora acknowledged the Red Sox were frustrated at times with Vazquez in 2018, the first...2019
  • • Red Sox still shopping catchers, seeking rotation depth
    As pitchers and catchers report, the Red Sox are still looking to swing some deals to tweak their personnel in those areas. According to Sean McAdam of the Boston Sports Journal (subscription link), the organization is dangling its three backstops in trade talks while hoping to find rotation depth in return. It’s hardly surprising to hear that president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski is lo...2019
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  • • Nine MLB trades we'd like to see this winter
    While much of the attention of the MLB offseason has been given to the next destinations for Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, there are plenty of other moves that could be made that would feature some of the game’s most exciting talents — who are still under contract. Headline trades can ultimately shape the direction of an offseason as much, if not more, than free agency does. Plenty of big names ...2018
  • • Red Sox Designate Dan Butler For Assignment
    The Red Sox announced that they’ve activated catcher/utilityman Blake Swihart from the 10-day disabled list and designated catcher Dan Butler for assignment to open a spot on the roster. Boston had selected the contract of Butler, 31, when Swihart hit the DL earlier this month. The organization will now have a week to trade Butler…...2018
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  • • Swihart goes on DL with hamstring strain
    The Boston Red Sox today placed catcher/utility player Blake Swihart on the 10-day disabled list with a right hamstring strain. To take his place on the 25-man active roster, the Red Sox selected catcher Dan Butler's contract from Triple-A Pawtucket and added him to the active roster. Butler will wear number 68....2018
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  • • Breaking down the Boston Red Sox catchers thus far
    There was much debate going into this season about who should be behind the plate for the Boston Red Sox. Christian Vazquez is one of the best young defensive catchers in baseball, with a rocket for an arm. Sandy Leon had an incredible second half to the 2016 season at the plate, finishing the year hitting .310. While Blake Swihart, who many think is the catcher of the future, is waiting patiently...2017
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  • • Red Sox Will Not Fill GM Position After Mike Hazen's Hiring by Diamondbacks
    2016
  • • Why the Boston Red Sox Will Immediately Go from Worst to First in 2016
    2015
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  • • Craig Kimbrel Trade Just Beginning for Red Sox as Farm Still Stacked to the Brim
    2015
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  • • Why the Boston Red Sox Will Immediately Go from Worst to First in 2016
    2015
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  • • Craig Kimbrel Trade Just Beginning for Red Sox as Farm Still Stacked to the Brim
    2015
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  • • Dave Dombrowski is Perfect Leader to Pull Red Sox Out of Latest Mess
    2015
  • • Mariners vs. Red Sox: Stats, Highlights, Reaction of Boston's 22-Run Explosion
    2015
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  • • A's Ambidextrous Pitcher Pat Venditte Is a Relief Weapon, Not a Novelty Act
    2015
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  • • 3 Reasons to Be Optimistic for the Boston Red Sox's 2015 Season
    2015
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  • • Red Sox reportedly shopping catcher Sandy Leon to ease logjam
    The Red Sox are currently in “active” trade talks with other clubs regarding a potential Sandy Leon swap, Buster Olney and Marly Rivera of ESPN report (via Twitter). As has long been anticipated, something has to give with regard to Boston’s catching situation. The Sox are carrying three catchers at the moment in Leon, Christian Vazquez and Blake Swihart. While Boston managed to hang onto those th...2019
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  • • Blake Swihart posts touching tribute, in lineup day after brother’s death
    Blake Swihart was in the Boston Red Sox lineup for Thursday’s Grapefruit League exhibition game against the Washington Nationals, just one day after learning of his brother’s sudden death. The Red Sox catcher also posted a touching tribute to his late sibling on Instagram. Swihart believes his late brother would have wanted him to play on Thursday. “Romell would have been upset with me if I didn’t...2019
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  • • Around the Horn: Swihart to start Opening Day
    The way the Red Sox have mapped things out as of this moment, Blake Swihart will be behind the plate on Opening Day in Cleveland. Manager John Farrell has already said as much. So, too, has president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski....2016
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  • • Around the Horn: Swihart to start Opening Day
    The way the Red Sox have mapped things out as of this moment, Blake Swihart will be behind the plate on Opening Day in Cleveland. Manager John Farrell has already said as much. So, too, has president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski....2016
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  • • Future of MLB in Fantastic Hands with Avalanche of Young, Marketable Stars
    2015
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  • • A's Ambidextrous Pitcher Pat Venditte Is a Relief Weapon, Not a Novelty Act
    2015
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  • • How Red Sox top prospect Blake Swihart and his family track trade rumors
    2015
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  • • Phillies Scouting Three Top Red Sox Prospects
    Despite the talk that the Red Sox are hesitant to give up top prospects, it appears at least one of their potential trade partners thinks they might. Multiple reports suggest that the Philadelphia Phillies are doing due diligence on three top Boston kids: catcher Christian Vazquez, starting pitcher Matt Barnes and IF/OF Mookie Betts. Obviously, all this background work would be in preparation of a...2014
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  • • Swihart, Shaw power Red Sox over Pirates
    2016
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  • • Swihart, Shaw power Red Sox offense
    2016
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  • • Houston Astros: Cole Hamels Would Be Nice, but Not Worth the Price
    2015
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  • • Boston Red Sox Have No. 2 Farm System In Baseball, According to MLB.com
    This embed is invalid" /> Only one team has a better farm system than the Boston Red Sox. MLB.com recently ranked Major League Baseball’s top 10 farm systems and determined the Chicago Cubs have the greatest stash of prospects. The Red Sox ranked No. 2, one spot ahead of the Minnesota Twins. The Red Sox have six players on MLB.com’s top 100 prospects list: Yoan Moncada (9), Blake...2015
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  • • Marlins pitchers combine to one-hit Red Sox
    Jose Fernandez set an early tone with no-hit stuff on Tuesday afternoon at Roger Dean Stadium, and his Marlins teammates continued the trend during a 3-0 win over the Red Sox in which Boston didn't record a hit until Blake Swihart singled with two outs in the eighth inning....2016
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  • • Wright settles down to finish 5 strong frames
    Jose Fernandez set an early tone with no-hit stuff on Tuesday afternoon at Roger Dean Stadium, and his Marlins teammates continued the trend during a 3-0 win over the Red Sox in which Boston didn't record a hit until Blake Swihart singled with two outs in the eighth inning....2016
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  • • Mookie Betts credits good deed for two home run game
    Being a good person pays off. Outfielder Mookie Betts was instrumental in the Boston Red Sox’s 9-5 win over the New York Yankees on Wednesday, hitting a game-tying solo home run in the seventh inning and a two-run shot in the 11th to give Boston its four-run lead. And he had a rather interesting theory as to how he did it. The secret behind Mookie Betts' two-homer game? Giving a homeless guy a pi...2015
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  • • WATCH: Mike Trout steals third base with amazing slide
    Mike Trout is pretty good at baseball. But you already knew that. Trout, who is widely considered the best player on the planet, showcased his athleticism Friday with an amazing slide in the Los Angeles Angels’ game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. The play looked like something out of “The Matrix,” though a challenge was required to overturn the call. Trout took off for third base in t...2015
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  • • Red Sox Acquire Brad Ziegler
    The Red Sox acquired reliever Brad Ziegler from the Diamondbacks for minor leaguers Jose Almonte and Luis Alejandro Basabe, according to a team press release.  Blake Swihart was transferred to the 60-day DL to clear a 40-man roster spot for Ziegler. Ziegler, 36, has served as Arizona’s closer in recent years.  This season, the sidearmer owns…...2016
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  • • Rangers Sign Blake Swihart, Brian Flynn, 3 Others
    2019
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  • • Why the Red Sox should sacrifice Blake Swihart to trade for Cole Hamels
    2015
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  • • Red Sox To Promote Blake Swihart
    The Red Sox will promote top prospect Blake Swihart, Sean McAdam of CSNNE.com reports on Twitter. Swihart will fill in for Ryan Hanigan, who went down tonight with a broken finger. Boston will continue to look for external candidates behind … ...2015
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  • • Despite injury to Vazquez, Red Sox won't rush Swihart
    The Red Sox have a clear plan of attack when it comes to deciding to promote top prospects to the Major Leagues, and they resisted the temptation to let Christian Vazquez's injury affect the development of Blake Swihart....2015
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  • • Swihart gets first hit in big league debut
    Ever since Blake Swihart was selected by the Red Sox in the first round of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft, he tried to envision what it would be like to throw on the gear and catch a game at Fenway Park. Saturday afternoon, a day after Ryan Hanigan suffered a broken bone in his right hand, Swihart got to find out. He batted ninth for the Red Sox in a rivalry showdown with the Yankees....2015
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  • • Mariners vs. Red Sox: Stats, Highlights, Reaction of Boston's 22-Run Explosion
    2015
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  • • Rangers Release Blake Swihart
    2020
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  • • Struggling Red Sox call up Leon, DFA Swihart
    Blake Swihart was the first casualty of Boston's bad start. He has been designated for assignment, with Sandy Leon joining the team to help the starting pitching....2019
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  • • Red Sox call up Leon in shake-up behind plate
    Blake Swihart was the first casualty of Boston's bad start. He has been designated for assignment, with Sandy Leon joining the team to help the starting pitching....2019
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  • • Blake Swihart posts touching tribute, in lineup day after brother’s death
    2019
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  • • Swihart in Boston's lineup day after brother dies
    A day after learning of his brother's death in New Mexico, Red Sox catcher Blake Swihart elected to play and had an RBI single on a line drive to left field in the fourth inning....2019
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  • • Looking for a match in a Blake Swihart trade
    2018
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  • • Mariners' Cano takes pitch off hand, leaves game
    2018
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  • • Could Red Sox have interest in Matt Harvey?
    2018
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  • • Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Takeaways: 16 under-the-radar developments from Blake Snell to Blake Swihart
    Headliners like Ronald Acuna and Scott Kingery aren't lost on anyone this time of year, but plenty of notable developments can slip through the cracks in spring training. Our Scott White shares a few....2018
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  • • Red Sox C Swihart struggling with throws back to pitcher
    The Boston Red Sox have to be concerned about catcher Blake Swihart showing signs of Mackey Sasser Syndrome in spring training.Swihart, a 2011 first-round pick by Boston who has seen MLB action the past two seasons, has struggled with his throws back to the pitcher during spring training.CSN New England has provided the video evidence. The first clip comes from Friday: And this was from Sunday mor...2017
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  • • Why the Boston Red Sox Will Immediately Go from Worst to First in 2016
    2015
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    2015
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