As soon as Alex Avila signed his 1-year/$1.5M deal with the Washington Nationals back on February 3rd, his new teammates started reaching out to the 34-year-old, 12-year veteran, reconnecting or introducing themselves to the club’s new backup catcher.
“As soon as we signed him I tried to get in contact with him,” fellow backstop Yan Gomes told reporters earlier this month, “and just kind of get to know him, kind of get that little awkward stage of the first week of spring out of the way.
“I feel like we’ve kind of hit it off right away.