Mariners' Jacob Nottingham: Latches on with Seattle
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The Mariners signed Nottingham to a minor-league contract Tuesday.
Nottingham, 29, spent the 2024 season in the Mexican League. The catcher has a career .698 OPS over parts of four big-league seasons and last saw action in the majors in 2021.
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Nationals' Jacob Nottingham: Lands MiLB deal with Nats
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Nottingham signed a minor-league contract with Washington on Monday, Talk Nats reports.
Nottingham will add depth behind the dish for the Nationals and could be a candidate for a promotion later in the season. He flashed some power over 89 games with Triple-A Norfolk during the 2022 campaign by hammering 15 home runs, and he's registered six homers between stops at Triple-A Sacramento and Triple-A Tacoma through 34 contests in 2023.
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Jacob Nottingham: Released by San Francisco
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Nottingham was released by the Giants on Thursday.
San Francisco acquired Nottingham from the Mariners in May in exchange for cash considerations, but he has now been cut loose from the organization to free up space at Triple-A Sacramento for the recently-signed Jakson Reetz. Nottingham, 28, hasn't appeared in a major-league game since the 2021 season.
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Giants' Jacob Nottingham: Traded to San Francisco
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The Giants acquired Nottingham via trade from the Mariners on Thursday, Danny Emerman of KNBR 680 San Francisco reports.
There's no word on the return for Seattle, so it's probably cash considerations. Nottingham hasn't appeared in a major-league game since 2021 and will head to the Triple-A affiliate of the Giants in Sacramento to operate as organizational catching depth.
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Mariners' Jacob Nottingham: Sent to minor-league camp
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Nottingham was reassigned to minor-league camp Thursday.
Nottingham was in Seattle's camp on a minor-league deal, and he was always a longshot to make the Opening Day roster. He played the entire 2022 season at Triple-A Norfolk in the Orioles' organization and is likely to serve as minor-league depth for a club again in 2023.
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Mariners' Jacob Nottingham: Signs on with Mariners
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Nottingham signed a minor-league contract with the Mariners on Tuesday, Corey Brock of The Athletic reports.
The contract figures to include an invitation to major-league spring training. Nottingham has a career .698 OPS over parts of four big-league seasons, with his last stint in the majors coming in 2021 with the Mariners.
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Jacob Nottingham: Searching for new opportunity
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Nottingham elected free agency Thursday, per Triple-A Norfolk's transaction log.
Nottingham spent the entire 2022 season with Norfolk, posting a .229/.333/.425 line across 354 plate appearances. He'll almost certainly be limited to a minor-league deal and join a new team as catching depth.
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Orioles' Jacob Nottingham: Back in action
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Nottingham (undisclosed) returned from the injured list Wednesday, going 0-for-4 with a strikeout versus Triple-A Nashville.
Nottingham should return to a fairly regular role for Triple-A Norfolk going forward. Beau Taylor (undisclosed) went on the injured list in a corresponding move.
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Orioles' Jacob Nottingham: Lands on injured list
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Nottingham was placed on the 7-day minor-league injured list earlier this week with an undisclosed injury.
Nottingham hasn't played for Norfolk since April 22. The catcher has been solid with a .333/.448/.708 slash line at Triple-A after narrowly missing out on a major-league roster spot in spring training.
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Orioles' Jacob Nottingham: Misses cut for roster spot
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Nottingham won't be included on the Orioles' Opening Day roster after he was reassigned to minor-league camp Wednesday, Zachary Silver of MLB.com reports.
Anthony Bemboom won the backup catcher job. Nottingham will remain with the Orioles' organization for now -- he should be expected to report to Triple-A Norfolk. Since he's played in just 44 major-league games over the last three seasons, Nottingham shouldn't be on the fantasy radar.
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Orioles' Jacob Nottingham: Signs minor-league deal
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Nottingham signed a minor-league contract with the Orioles on Wednesday, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.
Nottingham appeared in 15 major-league games with the Brewers and Mariners last year and hit .150 with three home runs, six RBI and five runs. Given his big-league experience and the lack of Baltimore's depth at catcher, it wouldn't be surprising to see him serve as a non-roster invitee this spring.
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Mariners' Jacob Nottingham: Outrighted to Triple-A
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Nottingham was outrighted to Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday.
Nottingham's strange pattern of bouncing between the Brewers and Mariners will be put on pause for now. He'll remain in Seattle's organization and wait for the next time the team needs an extra catcher.
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Mariners' Jacob Nottingham: Designated for assignment again
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Nottingham was designated for assignment by the Mariners on Tuesday, Corey Brock of The Athletic reports.
Nottingham has now been designated for assignment four times by two organizations this year. He was dropped by the Brewers in late April and claimed by the Mariners, only to be DFA'd again and traded back to Milwaukee at the start of May. He lasted less than two weeks before yet another DFA in mid-May, with the Mariners yet again claiming him. Nottingham then lasted less than three weeks in his second stint with Seattle before this latest transaction. If the pattern were to continue, he'd be grabbed by the Brewers again shortly and return to Seattle sometime in mid-July, but the Brewers have two healthy catchers this time around, so they may not need him, meaning he's likely to head to Triple-A Tacoma. Dillon Thomas was called up in a corresponding move.
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Mariners' Jacob Nottingham: First home run as Mariner
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Nottingham went 1-for-2 with a solo home run, additional run, walk and strikeout as Seattle beat Texas, 5-0 on Thursday.
Nottingham went back-to-back with fellow catcher Tom Murphy in the third to get Seattle on the board and later scored after a seventh-inning walk. Since being re-acquired from Milwaukee, Nottingham has seen a decent amount of playing time at first base, which is likely to continue if performances like this get repeated.
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Mariners' Jacob Nottingham: Heads to bench
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Nottingham is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Athletics.
Nottingham will sit for the second straight game while Eric Campbell picks up another start in the corner infield. The Mariners may prefer to keep the hotter bat among the two players in the lineup until the team gets one of its two banged-up regulars (Evan White and Dylan Moore) back from the injured list.
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Mariners' Jacob Nottingham: Finding regular work at 1B
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Nottingham will start at first base and bat seventh Sunday against the Padres.
Nottingham has primarily played catcher throughout his professional career, but the Mariners have used him exclusively at first base since claiming him off waivers from Milwaukee on Thursday. He'll draw his third straight start at the position Sunday, and Nottingham could end up serving as the primary first baseman until Seattle gets at least one of Evan White (hip), Ty France (wrist) or Dylan Moore (calf) back from the 10-day injured list.
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Mariners' Jacob Nottingham: Returns to Seattle
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Nottingham was claimed off waivers by the Mariners on Thursday.
Nottingham spent time with the Mariners earlier in the season, and he'll now return to the team after he was designated for assignment by Milwaukee on May 13. Catcher Luis Torrens was optioned to Triple-A Tacoma as part of a corresponding move, and Nottingham should compete for playing time with Tom Murphy going forward.
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Brewers' Jacob Nottingham: Designated for assignment
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Nottingham was designated for assignment by the Brewers on Thursday, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.
Nottingham returned to the Brewers at the beginning of May while Omar Narvaez and Manny Pina were sidelined, but he'll now be cast off the 40-man roster once again after Narvaez was reinstated from the 10-day IL as part of a corresponding move. The 26-year-old went 3-for-14 with two home runs and four RBI during his most recent stint with Milwaukee.
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Brewers' Jacob Nottingham: Remains on bench
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Nottingham isn't starting Thursday's game against Philadelphia.
He's shared time with Luke Maile at catcher while Omar Narvaez (hamstring) has been sidelined, but Nottingham will be out of the lineup for a second straight day. Maile will start behind the dish and bat eighth.
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Brewers' Jacob Nottingham: Sitting Wednesday
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Nottingham is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Phillies.
Since Nottingham was called up from the Brewers' alternate site ahead of Sunday's series finale against the Dodgers, he and Luke Maile have alternated starts behind the plate. Expect the timeshare at catcher to remain in place until the Brewers get Omar Narvaez (hamstring) back from the 10-day injured list.
