Chicago Tribune · Mar 10, 2017
Need a catcher in a bind? Tyler Saladino's on it
Should the time come when the White Sox need to station infielder Tyler Saladino behind the plate, he wants to be able to do more than just catch the ball.
“I want to get used to receiving and being able to get strikes, not take a sinker and turn it over and it would have been a strike and it’s like, ‘Oh, I caught it,’” Saladino said. “I actually want to try to get strikes.”
ADVERTISINGSaladino and Jerry Sands were the Sox emergency catchers to open last year and would have flipped a coin for the honor if they were ever actually needed in a game. They weren’t, but Saladino, who caught in youth ball, says he wants to be prepared for it if he is this year.