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‘Good call to get’ makes veteran Erik Kratz the Rays’ newest new catcher

Rookie Anthony Bemboom is expected to miss 4-6 weeks with a left knee sprain; Andrew Velazquez enjoys a surreal homecoming to New York.

Catcher Erik Kratz greets his new Rays teammates before their game against the Yankees on Friday, May 17, 2019, in New York. [FRANK FRANKLIN II | Associated Press]

Catcher Erik Kratz greets his new Rays teammates before their game against the Yankees on Friday, May 17, 2019, in New York. [FRANK FRANKLIN II | Associated Press]

NEW YORK — Erik Kratz was watching son Brayden’s Little League game in Harrisonburg, Va.