Martin Maldonado agrees with the White Sox

\n\n”, “providerName”: “Twitter”, “providerUrl”: “https://twitter.com”, “thumbnail_url”: null, “type”: “oembed”, “width”: 550, “contentType “: “rich”},{“__typename”: “Markdown”, “content”: “Long known for his great defense and ability with the stick, Maldonado has become the Astros' best catcher over the past half-decade. Despite a .623 OPS in an Astros uniform — that number dropped to .593 the past three seasons — Maldonado was selected as Houston's starting catcher because of his defense and success working with Astros pitchers. 2023 rookie Yanner Diaz and veteran catcher Victor Caratini — who the Astros signed to a multi-year contract this offseason — will take over catching duties for Houston in 2024. Maldonado also worked with manager Pedro Grevol in Kansas City during the 2019 campaign, when Grevol Part of the technical staff of the royal team. He played with Corey Lee in Houston, where Lee was acquired at the '23 trade deadline in exchange for designating Kendall Grafman as one of the team's potential future players.\n\n”I've got to be around Martin Maldonado,” he told me in a statement. Last September: “Let's learn from him.” “I saw how he managed the team at that end. I learned how he communicated with pitchers and it taught me a lot.\n\n”I'll continue that in my career and work my way up, but he taught me how to be a professional catcher over there in Houston. They knew how to win and I want to carry that to the White Sox. :16.613Z,” “preferredPlaybackScenarioURL({\”preferredPlaybacks\”:\”mp4AvcPlayback\”})”:https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2023/2023-09/18/54315406-f4587f2a-9d1ae38c-csvm -diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4″, “type”: “video”, “description”: “Martin Maldonado hits a solo home run to left-center field in the bottom of the eighth inning”, “displayAsVideoGif” “:false,”duration” : “00:00:29”, “slug”: “mike-baumann-in-play-run-s-to-martin-maldonado”, “tags”:[{“__typename”:”InternalTag”,”slug”:”season-2023″,”title”:”Season 2023″,”type”:”season”},{“__typename”:”GameTag”},{“__typename”:”PersonTag”,”slug”:”playerid-455117″,”title”:”Martin Maldonado”,”person”:{“__ref”:”Person:455117″},”type”:”player”},{“__typename”:”TeamTag”,”slug”:”teamid-117″,”title”:”Houston Astros”,”team”:{“__ref”:”Team:117″},”type”:”team”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”hitting”,”title”:”hitting”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”highlight”,”title”:”highlight”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”in-game-highlight”,”title”:”in-game highlight”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”game-action-tracking”,”title”:”game action tracking”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”home-run”,”title”:”home run”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”top-play”,”title”:”top play”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”fan-duel”,”title”:”Fan Duel”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”eclat-feed”,”title”:”Eclat feed”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”international-feed”,”title”:”International Partner feed”,”type”:”taxonomy”}]”thumbnail”:{“__typename”: “Thumbnail”, “templateUrl”: “https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/{formatInstructions}/mlb/f8f0q0vk2nkmlighy2ny”},”title” : “Homer Maldonado Solo (14)”, “relativeSiteUrl”: “/video/mike-baumann-in-play-run-s-to-martin-maldonado”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content” : “This signing makes sense for a White Sox team with a young pitching staff that now has another backup to pair with Max Stassi, who the team acquired from the Braves earlier this month, and Lee. With a potential rotation coming for a White Sox team headed by new general manager Chris Getz – who may be tasked with moving shortstop Dylan Cease – there is value in signing a veteran player who has been part of several winning Astros teams.\n\nLee, 25, wowed the White Sox with his skills. The September action was behind plate, but for his young big-league career, Lee hit .100 at the plate. Edgar Cuero, the 20-year-old shortstop ranked No. 81 overall by MLB Pipeline, will benefit from working with Maldonado.\n\nWhite had The Sox had significant interest in Maldonado before acquiring Stassi, but that interest has clearly continued for a player with 202 career plate appearances and 65 career playoff-worthy appearances. Maldonado (8,663 2/3 innings) joins Salvador Pérez (10,063 2/3), GT Realmuto (8,923 1/3), Yasmani Grandal (8,404 2/3) and Yan Gomez (8,242 2/3) as the only active shortstops. 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