What are the Arizona Diamondbacks’ options at backup catcher?
Will the Diamondbacks stay with the player they know or look elsewhere?
Curt Casali
The former Cincinnati Red, Curt Casali, is 35 and has spent 10 years in MLB. Last year, he was on a one-year, $3.25 million contract before suffering a foot injury that ended his season in July. He got just 96 PAs in 2023. Throughout his career, Casali’s not been an especially strong hitter (career 88 OPS+), but he’s also got a career OBP of .318.
He doesn’t have many 2023 highlights, but here are a few of them.
As a defender, Casali is fine — nothing too remarkable, but the experience is there.
In terms of Chase Field, he’s played eight games there, and, granted it’s a small simple size, but he has a 232 OPS+. (He had seven hits in 19 ABs.)