Red Sox Exercise Christian Vazquez's Option
3 years agoThe Boston Red Sox exercised their $7 million team option on starting catcher Christian Vazquez on Sunday. Vazquez has played all 614 games of his career with Boston and will remain with the organization for the 2022 season. The 31-year-old hit a disappointing .258 with six home runs and 49 RBI in his 458 at-bats in 2021, but the Red Sox feel that he continues to offer enough on both sides of the ball to justify bringing him back at a reasonable price. Vazquez had a career-high 23 home runs and 72 RBI with a .798 OPS in 2019, and he followed that up with an .801 OPS in last year's shortened season. He does have some pop in his bat at the catching position in a strong offense, but Vazquez can also be streaky in fantasy.
Source: MLB.com - Ian Browne
Source: MLB.com - Ian Browne