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Rays' Alex Jackson: Passes through waivers
Alex Jackson cleared waivers Saturday and was outrighted to Triple-A Durham.Jackson has served as the Tampa Bay Rays' No. 2 catcher for much of the season and was one of baseball's least-productive hitters during his time in the big leagues. Among the 393 players who have logged at least 150 plate appearances in 2024, Jackson's 29 wRC+ placed him 392nd. Since the Rays elected to drop Jackson from their 40-man roster, Logan Driscoll has taken over as the top backup to Ben Rortvedt.
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Rays' Alex Jackson: DFA'd by Tampa Bay
The Tampa Bay Rays designated Alex Jackson for assignment Thursday, Tricia Whitaker of Bally Sports Sun reports.Jackson has slashed only .122/.201/.237 in 58 games this season. The Rays will now use Logan Driscoll as their backup catcher behind Ben Rortvedt.
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Rays' Alex Jackson: Retreating to bench Wednesday
Alex Jackson is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Athletics.Jackson will give way to Rob Brantly behind the dish as the Tampa Bay Rays wrap up their series in Oakland. Ben Rortvedt (personal) is likely to return from the paternity list this weekend in Los Angeles, so Jackson's brief run as the Rays' No. 1 backstop should soon come to an end. Jackson owns a lowly .434 OPS over 144 plate appearances on the season, but he's shown some improvement since the All-Star break with a .200/.294/.378 slash line across 18 games.
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Rays' Alex Jackson: Pops second homer
Alex Jackson went 1-for-3 with a walk, a three-run home run and two runs scored Saturday against the Yankees.Jackson was in the lineup to give Ben Rortvedt a day off and delivered his second home run of the season. He'll continue to play sparingly as the backup catcher and has just a .361 OPS and .091 average for the campaign.
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Rays' Alex Jackson: Starting in place of resting Rortvedt
Alex Jackson will start at catcher and bat ninth in Wednesday's game against the Mariners, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.Jackson will get a turn behind the plate while top backstop Ben Rortvedt rests for the day game after a night game. Since his call-up from Triple-A Durham on May 3, Jackson is hitting a lowly .081/.159/.161 with 31 strikeouts in 70 plate appearances.
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Rays' Alex Jackson: Returns to bench
Alex Jackson is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game in Boston.Jackson had started at catcher in five of the past six games, but he went hitless with 11 strikeouts and one walk across 14 plate appearances during that stretch. Despite his hefty workload of late, Jackson still looks to be the No. 2 option at catcher behind Ben Rortvedt, who is back in the lineup Wednesday.
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Rays' Alex Jackson: Returning to bench Sunday
Alex Jackson is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Yankees, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.Jackson had started behind the plate in each of the past three games, but he struck out in all six of his at-bats during that stretch while drawing a walk in his lone other plate appearance. One of his starts came against a lefty and another came versus a righty (Chris Flexen) with reverse splits, so the right-handed-hitting Jackson still looks to be in the short side of a platoon at catcher with the lefty-hitting Ben Rortvedt, who rejoins the lineup Sunday.
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Rays' Alex Jackson: Has contract selected
Alex Jackson had his contract selected by the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday, Tricia Whitaker of Bally Sports Sun reports.After slashing .282/.344/.612 with seven homers across 93 plate appearances with Triple-A Durham, Jackson was called up to the bigs, where he'll look to see his first MLB action since 2022 with the Brewers. Jackson replaces Rene Pinto -- who was optioned to Triple-A -- and should serve as Ben Rortvedt's backup but could see extra work against left-handed pitching.
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Rays' Alex Jackson: Misses out on Opening Day roster
The Tampa Bay Rays will reassign Alex Jackson to the minors prior to Thursday's season opener versus the Blue Jays, Steve Carney of StPeteNine.com reports.Among the internal options the Rays had at spring training, Jackson appeared well positioned to make the Opening Day roster as the No. 2 catcher behind Rene Pinto, but Jackson dropped a spot on the organizational depth chart after Tampa Bay acquired Ben Rortvedt from the Yankees on Wednesday. Unless he opts out of his minor-league deal, Jackson is expected to open the season as the primary backstop for Triple-A Durham.
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Rays' Alex Jackson: Looks to have made roster
Alex Jackson is in line to begin the regular season as the Tampa Bay Rays' backup catcher, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.The Rays informed Rob Brantly and Francisco Mejia that they didn't make the Opening Day roster, leaving Jackson as the choice to back up Rene Pinto. Jackson has had a poor spring training, striking out 35.5 percent of the time with only one extra-base hit across 31 plate appearances. Nevertheless, he's in line to get his first taste of the majors since 2022.
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