Despite the offseason buzz surrounding potential trades involving the veteran catcher, he remains a member of the Twins. Could the team's newly-acquired former top prospect be his heir apparent?
The San Diego Padres have had a pretty quiet offseason, as they have sat back and watched several of their top competitors in the National League make serious upgrades to their team.
The Toronto Blue Jays have stated that acquiring another catcher is not one of their top priorities, but it looks like they might still try to land one for the 2025 season.
This offseason, Minnesota Twins new president Derek Falvey will be tasked with improving a roster that tripped mightily down the stretch in 2024. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have the financial flexibility to do much of it on the open market.
The Minnesota Twins have rotated Christian Vazquez and Ryan Jeffers on a nearly even split this season behind the plate. Vazquez has had moments of production offensively, but has put on a defensive clinic.
The Twins reinstated outfielder Manny Margot from the 10-day injured list, and catcher Christian Vazquez returned from the paternity list and was back in the lineup for Wednesday night’s series finale against the Los Angeles Angels at Target Field in Minneapolis.
The Twins have placed catcher Christian Vazquez on the paternity list and recalled catcher Jair Camargo from Triple-A St. Paul, the team announced on Monday.
Minnesota Twins catcher Christian Vazquez is batting just .204 entering Monday night's three-game series opener against the host Chicago White Sox, but recent success has brightened his spirits.
Christian Vazquez's walk-off home run to open the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Minnesota Twins over the Houston Astros 3-2 on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.
Christian Vazquez sparked a ninth-inning rally to help the Minnesota Twins top the host Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Saturday afternoon. With one out, Vazquez sliced a 1-2 pitch down the left-field line, scoring Ryan Jeffers to break a 1-1 tie.
Late last November, Fansided insider Robert Murray reported the Minnesota Twins were “aggressively” trying to trade veteran catcher Christian Vázquez. At the time, the prospect of the Twins trading for Vázquez made a lot of sense.
Chris Cotillo of Mass Live reports that Vazquez was traded to Houston in return for two minor leaguers, fielder/outfielder Enmanuel Valdez and outfielder Wilyer Abreu.
Red Sox president and CEO Sam Kennedy recently brought up Vazquez when discussing the "core group of players" Boston would like to keep intact moving forward, so it's not surprising that the asking price for the 30-year-old is pretty high.