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| Blake Swihart (FenwayNation Photo) |
Just when you
thought you could settle on
Christian Vazquez as the
'Red Sox catcher of the future', the organization throws you a curve.
An even more promising backstop prospect may be Blake Swihart—who is heating it up big time at AA Portland. The switch-hitter is batting .296 with 10 HRs. Swihart went 2-4 with a double last night. Some scouts have labeled him the best catching prospect
in all of baseball—and the authoritative
SoxProspects.com now places Swihart as the organization's #2 overall prospect—just behind the recently promoted
Mookie Betts. We here at
FenwayNation have been tracking Swihart's progress for a while (
2013,
2014). As early as 2015, you may see Vazquez and Swihart as your catching
tandem of the future.
