born august american professional baseball catcher mlb graduating attended signed free agent cincinnati_reds spent seasons reds minor league baseball teams making mlb debut september pinch hitter recorded major league hit bat played caught hitters thrown early life born august washington mike older sister named played year varsity starter named eastern massachusetts star senior season hit team record teammates future professional graduated school college career graduating high school difficult time finding college let play baseball attended florida played base left field catcher position summer played new england collegiate baseball league hit games junior year hit rbis games team finished clinched berth served team captain senior year left career batting average seventh best school history played summer baseball named star august awarded award valuable player cardinals team scout reds signed free agent august teams showed interest signing catcher professional career cincinnati reds true fans baseball understand known competitive bats early ball league difficult away teammates called known patience eye bat competitive ryan said teammate guy sets rest crush ball continued commanding bats way major leagues average mastery zone watching command bats isn unlike watching master command inferior opponent said current teammate imagine began career reds organization played minor league games batting hits april game went rbis named east squad served reserve catcher later july placed disabled list high ankle hitting rbis finished season batting home run rbis earned promotion triple louisville bats game bats went spent entire season class advanced cannons served team catcher designated hitter july july game hit streak longest year august hit game winning run salem outs ninth inning season hit home runs rbis games cannons playoffs time following season played double august hit grand slam west tennessee lost season selected reds represent organization non roster reds spring training camp appeared games games bats july contest drove winning run outs seventh inning birmingham barons season hit bats playing selected june promoted bats june reaching base safely games including hit games called major league squad september mlb debut september milwaukee brewers pinch hitting doubled left field pitch star ben sheets later scored run wild pitch hit games played rbis double season played del playing bats mid season postseason star named best defensive catcher called majors august designated assignment reds days later hit home run eighth inning score winning run houston batting games reds ranked 16th best prospect reds minor league system spent entire season reds games bats served backup catcher underwent knee surgery placed went hit face mask foul tip suffered concussion returned august season best fielding percentage catcher second best caught stealing percentage majors march signed year million extension reds covering arbitration eligible seasons contract included incentives based playing time split seasons deal included signing bonus april set career records hitting home run getting hits single game chicago cubs pitcher drove tie breaking run win reds august finished year batting base percentage career high home runs split time catching reds prospect caught hitters pittsburgh pirates september san_francisco_giants july tampa bay rays traded team trade involving december rays immediately signed year million contract team option playing rays primary catcher april went run homer win texas_rangers weeks later hit home runs rbis win new_york_yankees plagued nearly weeks strained finally placed day june home run walk baltimore_orioles missed games neck later left boston_red_sox december rays traded san_diego_padres team transaction traded rays trade player named later washington traded travis tampa bay traded later day april hit home run uniform baltimore_orioles run shot tied game boston eventually won walk fashion left game ball struck hand got struck hand day rays tested positive hand fractured placing day disabled list projected going indefinitely sources projected injury end year placed day disabled list personal life currently resides lexington kentucky breeds horses australian shepherd won best breed award westminster club dog
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