The Red Sox made the decision earlier this week to place Sandy León on waivers, in turn keeping Blake Swihart on the active roster. It wasn’t a big surprise that no team was willing to part with anything of value for León, but I figured some team would want his plus defense and experience behind the plate despite his $2.475 million salary for 2019. Apparently, I misread how the market saw him, because León has cleared waivers. The report comes from Evan Drellich.
Now, León has a choice to make. Previously we had indicated that León would be able to decline his assignment to Pawtucket, and while that’s still true it’s not quite as simple.