The Boston Red Sox signed catcher Jonathan Lucroy to a minor league deal on Wednesday. Lucroy has a chance to make the team's Opening Day roster and will compete with Kevin Plawecki to be Christian Vazquez's backup. Lucroy, 33 years old, has a career .274/.335/.416 slash line in 10 major league seasons, but he hit just .232/.305/.355 with eight home runs and 36 RBI in 101 games with the Angels and Cubs in 2019. It's been a few seasons since Lucroy was a force with the bat, and he won't be ...

The Boston Red Sox are close to a deal with catcher Jonathan Lucroy on Tuesday, according to sources. Lucroy would become a depth option behind Christian Vazquez and Kevin Plawecki and would likely be settling for a minor league deal. The 33-year-old veteran backstop hit just .232/.305/.355 with eight homers and 36 RBI in 101 games for the Angels and Cubs in 2019. Lucroy is a two-time All-Star but is just a shell of his former self that clubbed 24 home runs and drove in 81 with the Brewers and ...

We didn't have to venture too far into the month of August for the impact of the new trade deadline rules to become clear. Gaps on each team that weren't addressed by July 31st don't just go away, and players like Joe Panik,Zack Godley, Kevin Gausman, Jonathan Lucroy, and Asdrubal Cabrera have all found new homes as a result following being DFA'd. Though with Week One of the NFL preseason kicking off this past week and talk of fantasy football draft strategy flooding all of the familiar ...

Chicago Cubs catcher Jonathan Lucroy will start on Thursday versus the Reds. Lucroy was signed on Wednesday and will be thrown right into action Thursday. Lucroy has experience catching Cubs pitcher Cole Hamels, so its not that unusual. Lucroy will bat eighth versus Reds starter Alex Wood and can be avoided in all formats for now.

The Chicago Cubs have signed catcher Jonathan Lucroy. Lucroy was recently designated for assignment by the Angels and will provide the Cubs with a veteran presence behind the plate with Willson Contreras (hamstring) sidelined for a month. Lucroy could share time with Victor Caratini and the move also means that Taylor Davis could be demoted to Triple-A. Lucroy was hitting just .242 with seven home runs and 30 RBI for the Angels. He can be avoided for now.

Los Angeles Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy has been designated for assignment by the organization on Friday. The Angels acquired catcher Max Stassi at the trade deadline, so Lucroy was the odd man out. Lucroy was hitting .242 with seven home runs and 30 knocked in over his 74 games with the Angels. He should get a chance to catch elsewhere, but it's unclear if he'll receive enough playing time to warrant ownership in most leagues.

Los Angeles Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy was activated from the injured list on Wednesday and will catch and bat eighth against the Detroit Tigers. Lucroy was hurt in the collision with Jake Marisnick back on July 8 and missed the roughly three weeks that was expected. Unfortunately Lucroy has not produced much this season, just a .237/.307/.364 slash line with seven home runs in 73 games. He's worth a spot in two-catcher and AL-only leagues but not really anywhere else.

Los Angeles Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy will miss roughly three weeks with a broken nose and concussion. Lucroy suffered the injury in his collision with Jake Marisnick on July 7, one that Marisnick induced. Lucroy is hitting just .237/.307/.364 this year, with seven home runs and 30 RBI in 73 games. There is no real reason to stash him and even after he returns, there are catchers out there having better years.

The Los Angeles Angels placed catcher Jonathan Lucroy (concussion, nose) on the seven-day concussion injured list on Friday and activated catcher Kevan Smith from the injured list in a corresponding move. Lucroy was involved in a scary collision at home plate with Astros outfielder Jake Marisnick before the All-Star break. Lucroy suffered a concussion and a fractured nose. He's hitting just .237/.307/.364 on the year in 236 at-bats but does have seven home runs, 28 runs scored and 30 RBI. Dus[...]

Los Angeles Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy will try and put his disappointing first half behind him when the team opens up a series on Friday against the Mariners. Lucroy enjoyed a promising first two months of the season, slugging seven home runs through his first 151 at-bats and posted a .493 slugging percentage in the month of May. But it has been all downhill from there, posting a .169 batting average in June and racking up only two extra-base hits over his last 75 at-bats. He has only six [...]