It almost seems cruel to cut just one single, solitary player from big league camp. All by his lonesome. Today that cut is catching prospect Pablo Aliendo.
That said, Aliendo was not going to make the big league roster, and was in big league camp to get experience with the coaches and pitchers, and to perform some of the duties needed in the spring when you’ve got a ton of extra pitchers throwing.
Aliendo, 23, hit very well at Double-A this past season – .249 .346 .462/139 wRC+ – but it comes with a few big caveats. For one, he was repeating the level. For another, the sample was only about a half-season due to injury. And for another, it came despite a whopping 32.5% K rate that will not play at the higher levels. He can really wreck the ball, but he’s pretty clearly going to need to improve on his contact ability to become even a solid back-up catcher in the big leagues.
The realistic hope for Aliendo this year is that he stays healthy, reaches Triple-A, and handles the level reasonably well offensively while cutting down on the strikeouts. His defensive ability is likely to be good enough to play in the bigs (his arm, in particular, is very good). So it’s really just a question of whether he can be passable offensively, or I suppose whether he could improve to become a true plus defensive catcher.
The spring roster now stands at 53.
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