Guillermo Quiroz

42-Year-Old CatcherC

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Bats R

Throws R

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Height 6'1"

Weight 195

DOB 11/29/1981

Drafted 1998

Signs NRI contract with Indians

CCleveland Guardians

November 15, 2016

Quiroz signed a minor league contract with the Indians on Monday that includes an invitation to major league spring training.

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The journeyman catcher spent the 2016 season with the Indians' Triple-A affiliate in Columbus, and even posted a .761 OPS in 75 games there. That being said, Quiroz is 34 years old and has never produced very much at the major league level, so he'll likely spend another season as organizational depth unless something major happens to Yan Gomes and Roberto Perez.

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If you look up "organizational depth" in the dictionary, you will see Quiroz's picture, right next to Corky Miller's. The 33-year-old Quiroz has spent parts of 11 seasons at the Triple-A level (15 total seasons in the minors) and has logged more than 100 plate appearances just once in the major leagues. Just a .199/.256/.277 career hitter at the highest level, he likely never exceed 100 plate appearances ever again. Quiroz has posted double-digit homers just once as a professional, but his veteran experience and serviceable defense behind the plate give him some value to MLB organizations. The Giants re-signed him to another minor league deal in November, but Quiroz will again be nothing more than a last-resort option behind Buster Posey, Andrew Susac and Hector Sanchez.

As the backup catcher in 2008, Quiroz sat behind a healthy Ramon Hernandez. He hit just .187 over the course of the season and his chances of playing into an everyday situation are out the window the moment the Orioles decide to give Matt Wieters the job.

Quiroz showed good power and little else in his brief stint at Triple-A Syracuse, which followed a shoulder injury and a collapsed lung. The luster has worn off his star the past two years, thanks largely to injuries, and there's now considerable doubt that he'll ever develop the power and patience to make him a threat from behind the plate. He'll split time behind the plate with Gregg Zaun in 2006.

Quiroz' 2004 was a major step back. He entered the season as one of the premier catching prospects not named Joe Mauer but was sidelined for nearly two months at Triple-A Syracuse with a broken hand and his numbers (.227/.309/.404) suffered as a result. He's expected to start the year at Triple-A again after a brief September stint with Toronto, and needs to flash his patience and power to re-emerge.

Quiroz should be considered right up there with Jeff Mathis behind Joe Mauer when talking about the top catching prospects in the game. A collapsed lung ended his season early at Double-A, but he's back playing winter ball and was the early season leader in homers. Walks and power from the catcher spot are a rare find, and Quiroz has both. He'll be ready to take over the catching duties after Greg Myers leaves following 2004.

He's was one of the younger regulars in the Florida State League in 2002, so his .260/.330/.421 season looks a bit more impressive. He'll spend most of 2003 at Double-A, and his eventual role will likely be as backup to Kevin Cash a few years from now.

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