The Padres sent catcher/outfielder/reliever Christian Bethancourt outright to Triple-A earlier this week after he cleared waivers with the hope that he’d continue to hone his mound skills, and as Dennis Lin of the San Diego Union Tribune writes, Bethancourt has informed general manager A.J. Preller that he is indeed open to that. Bethancourt only recently began experimenting as a catcher, and Preller tells Lin that the organization involved the 25-year-old in the decision process.
“It’s his career,” Preller tells Lin. “…Talking to him, he said, ‘I want to give it a go.