Tampa Bay Rays catcher Christian Bethancourt went 2-for-4 at the plate with a solo home run, a run scored and two strikeouts on Friday to help his team beat the Chicago White Sox by a score of 8-7. The 31-year-old catcher helped ignite a rally in the bottom of the ninth inning that eventually led to a walk-off home run by second baseman Brandon Lowe to keep the Rays undefeated at home this season. Bethancourt is hot right now, as he's riding a six-game hitting streak in which he's cleared the ...

Tampa Bay Rays catcher Christian Bethancourt isn't in the team's lineup on Monday to face the Los Angeles Angels and left-handed starter Tucker Davidson. The 30-year-old is hitting .238 this season with a .279 on-base percentage, seven home runs, and five stolen bases in 241 plate appearances. Instead, it'll be Francisco Mejia getting the start behind the plate and hitting sixth against the Angels. Mejia is batting .269 with a .287 on-base percentage and six home runs in 223 plate appearances...

The Oakland Athletics have traded catcher/first baseman Christian Bethancourt to the Tampa Bay Rays for two prospects, outfielder Cal Stevenson and pitcher Christian Fernandez. Bethancourt will provide an offensive upgrade for the Rays at catcher while providing some positional flexibility. He is likely to continue getting adequate playing time and is an option at catcher in deeper leagues. Cal Stevenson could see some playing time in Oakland but hasn't shown enough in the minors to make him ...

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This article references Christian Bethancourt and more! Free agent catcher/pitcher Christian Bethancourt to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training. Bethancourt tried to convert from catcher to reliever in 2017 and struggled to an 8.21 ERA in 41 2/3 innings at Triple-A El Paso, the Pacific Coast League of the Padres. In their tweet announcing the minor league agreement, the Brewers listed him as a catcher, so perhaps the pitching experiment is over.Keep on reading: Christian Bethancourt Signs With Brewers

Christian Bethancourt pitched a scoreless eighth inning in Sunday's loss to the Braves. His transition from catcher to relief pitcher is official - he has now made three appearances as a pitcher and taken just four at-bats. His numbers so far are ugly, having given up three runs in each of his first[...]

24-year-old catcher Christian Bethancourt has been placed on the disabled list with an intercostal strain. The Padres’ youngster suffered the injury yesterday and was forced to exit the game in which San Diego lost to the Atlanta Braves, 7-3. In response to Bethancourt’s injury, the club has rec[...]

Yangervis Solarte has been playing third base for the Padre, but has only hit .235/.333/.324 during the month of June. Ryan Schimpf was batting .355/.432/.729 with Triple-A El Paso, He is making his major league debut tonight, batting sixth in the lineup. Derek Norris has been on fire recently, batt[...]

The San Diego catcher took to the mound on Tuesday and won us over with his incredible stuff.

Christian Bethancourt is vying for more playing time behind the plate, but found himself on the mound in the eighth inning against Seattle. He unleashed a 96 MPH fastball and a knuckler in two-thirds scoreless innings before being pulled. For fantasy purposes, he went 0-for-3 at the plate and is hit[...]