After completing a buzzer-beating trade with the New York Mets to re-acquire catcher Ali Sánchez on Sunday, the Boston Red Sox swiftly selected him to their 40-man roster and added him to the big league squad as a September call-up the following day.
Sánchez has just 47 Major League games under his belt, posting a .185/.222/.235 slash line in that span. Wong is slashing just .189/.253/.231 on the season, so there may be a scenario where Sánchez competes with Wong for the No. 2 slot behind Carlos Narváez. It wouldn't exactly be a clash of the titans, but it could be a roster battle that determines which backup catcher cracks the Red Sox's postseason roster.