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Why Red Sox might not wait long to activate catcher Christian Vazquez

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- How do Boston Red Sox pitchers feel about working with catcher Christian Vazquez?

“He’s good back there,” Clay Buchholz said. “You don’t have to worry about bouncing a pitch. You know he’s going to block it if he’s anywhere in the vicinity.”

Said Rick Porcello: “The way he catches the ball, he’s easy to build chemistry with. He’s throwing the ball harder back to me than I am to him.”

And from Joe Kelly: “It’s fun having him back there. His hands are awesome.