BoSox manager: Catcher Vazquez 'very good situational hitter'
Red Sox catcher Christian Vazquez wasn't overly impressive at the plate as a rookie in 2014, batting .240 with one home run in 55 games. However, the Red Sox hardly feel Vazquez will be just a defensive option for the team.
"Setting aside the batting average, there's the ability to handle the bat," Red Sox manager John Farrell said, per MLB.com. "He can execute the small game. He can hit to the situation. He's a very good situational hitter, including being able to sacrifice with great consistency."
Vazquez is in line to be Boston's primary catcher in 2015. And if the 24-year-old catcher had it his way, he'd never take a game off.
"He wants to play every day," Farrell said. "He's adamant about it. When he's not in the lineup, he's respectful of it, but he makes it known that he wants to catch every day."
