The Diamondbacks designated catcher Jose Herrera for assignment and reinstated Gabriel Moreno from the injured list. Herrera has been a backup since 2022 and has limited offensive production, hitting .200/.280/.259 (53 wRC+) in 562 plate appearances across 190 games. Herrera's caught-stealing rate has declined to a career-average 21.8%, though he offers solid blocking skills per Statcast. Moreno sustained a broken finger and has hit .187/.285/.259 since the injury, while veteran James McCann, signed after Moreno's IL placement, has produced .247/.337/.403 with three home runs and earned the backup role.
He's never provided much with the bat, hitting only .200/.280/.259 (53 wRC+) in 562 plate appearances over the course of 190 big league games. He was outstanding at thwarting opposing runners on the basepaths in his first two seasons but has slipped in that regard over the past two years and now has a league-average 21.8% caught-stealing rate in his career.
This year's 204 plate appearances are a career-high at the MLB level for Herrera - due primarily to the aforementioned Moreno injury. Moreno, the 2023 NL Gold Glove winner, suffered a broken finger earlier this summer and has been out for more than two months. He's hitting .187/.285/.259 in that time with a pair of home runs (the only multi-homer season of his big league career thus far).
Shortly after Moreno hit the injured list, the D-backs signed veteran catcher James McCann, who'd been on a minor league deal with the Braves. McCann has hit the ground running with the Diamondbacks, hitting .247/.337/.403 with three home runs. That performance has been enough to earn him the backup job to Moreno for the remainder of the season, it seems.
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