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Pinto

Pinto fortifies Philadelphia’s catching depth chart, which lacks a true starter at the moment with veteran J.T. Realmuto languishing in free agency, behind Rafael Marchán and Garrett Stubbs. The 29-year-old backstop split last year between the Blue Jays and Diamondbacks at the Triple-A level. He’s gotten into 82 games at the big-league level since 2022.

Pinto heads to Toronto as emergency catching depth after being cut loose by the Diamondbacks over the weekend. The 28-year-old backstop has spent the entire season at the Triple-A level. He’s gotten into 82 games at the big-league level since 2022.

Pinto spent the entire season at Triple-A Reno after being claimed off waivers last offseason from the Rays. The 28-year-old backstop is merely emergency organizational depth at this juncture of his career.

Pinto went unclaimed after being designated for assignment. The 28-year-old is organizational fodder at this stage in his career.

Arizona is going with José Herrera as starter Gabriel Moreno’s caddy to open the regular season. Pinto was claimed off waivers back in January from the Orioles. He should be able to latch on somewhere else as extra organizational catching depth.

Pinto, 28, was cut loose by the Orioles to free up a spot on their 40-man roster for Charlie Morton last week. Viewed as an extremely strong defensive catcher, Pinto will add quality catching depth for the D’Backs, though he’ll remain irrelevant for fantasy purposes.

The Orioles signed right-hander Charlie Morton to a one-year contract on Friday and had to clear a spot on their 40-man roster to do so. Unfortunately for Pinto, he was the odd man out this time around. The 28-year-old backstop is widely regarded as a strong defensive catcher, which could cause other teams to take a chance on him on waivers as a depth option.

Pinto began 2024 as the starting catcher for the Rays but his elevated strikeout rate cost him that job by the middle of May. The 28-year-old has a .231 average and 36.7 percent strikeout rate in 82 major league games across three seasons. He is a strong defensive catcher, so he makes sense as organizational depth at the position.

Pinto will head back to the minors after recently losing playing time to Ben Rortvedt. The 27-year-old backstop has slashed .214/.292/.429 with two homers and six RBI in his 49 plate appearances this season.

The 27-year-old backstop drove in a run with an RBI double off of Deivi Garcia in the seventh inning, then came around to score as Amed Rosario drew a bases-loaded walk. After the strong night, Pinto is now hitting .225/.304/.450 with a pair of homers and six RBI.