"Hunt hit quite well for the Rays' Double- and Triple-A affiliates in 2023, slashing a combined .256/.331/.484 with 12 homers in 67 games, but ultimately was not added to the club's 40-man roster during the 2023-24 offseason with minor league free agency looming. That led the Rays to deal Hunt to the Mariners, who did add him to their 40-man roster and were willing to give up minor league catcher Tatem Levins in order to do so."
"After making the jump to Seattle, Hunt hit extremely well in the first month of the season at Triple-A with a .293/.372/.533 slash line in 24 games. That was a strong enough performance that the Orioles decided to take a chance on him and acquired him from Seattle in the deal that sent Michael Baumann to the Mariners in May 2024."
"During the 2024-25 offseason, the Mariners re-acquired Hunt and stashed him at the minor league level as depth behind their big league duo of Cal Raleigh and Mitch Garver. Raleigh, of course, went on to have an MVP-caliber season in 2025 as he broke the single season record for home runs by a catcher. That left little room for Hunt to make it to the majors this past year, but his minor league slash line did manage to recover after a tough year in Baltimore."
The San Diego Padres signed catcher Hunt to a minor league deal. Hunt was a 2017 second-round pick by the Padres and became part of the Blake Snell trade to the Rays. He slashed .256/.331/.484 with 12 homers in 67 Double- and Triple-A games in 2023 but was not added to the Rays' 40-man roster, prompting a trade to the Mariners who added him to their 40-man. Hunt hit .293/.372/.533 in Triple-A with Seattle, was acquired by the Orioles in May 2024, was called up in July but designated for assignment without a debut, and later returned to Mariners organization where he slashed .272/.368/.452 across 62 games as minor-league depth behind Cal Raleigh and Mitch Garver.
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