Tigers bring catcher in on minor league deal

The only concrete news of the day was also the news that got swept under the rug of the big trade news earlier.

The Tigers added catcher Robinson Diaz on a minor league deal. He'll be invited to major league camp at spring training to compete with Alex Avila for the backup position. With Dane Sardinha moving on, there's some room in the organization for a catcher with major league experience as well.

MLB.com quotes Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski:

Some of people really like him, a couple of our guys, and think he's a guy that could possibly compete for a job as a backup catcher in Spring Training. We're still in the mode where, I'm sure in Spring Training, we're going to have to sit back and decide which way we want to go with our backup catcher.

"We know who our No. 1 guy is, but does [manager Jim Leyland] want to keep Alex Avila? Has he progressed enough? Will he get enough at-bats? Should we send him out to Triple-A to play? Does [Diaz] fit the hole? But we do feel like he's got the capabilities to do that."

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