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Gattis to catch full time in Double-A
- Updated: May 7, 2016
HOUSTON — It’s pretty rare for a player to be optioned to the Minors unless performance or injury is an issue.
But the Astros want Evan Gattis to catch this season, and they haven’t been able to work him into Major League action behind the dish. So, Gattis will head to Double-A Corpus Christi and work full time as a backstop for the next couple of weeks, in hopes he could become a designated hitter who also moonlights as the Astros’ backup backstop.
Left-handed reliever Tony Sipp will rejoin the team after missing the Astros’ 6-3 win Friday over Seattle while on paternity leave. Sipp’s second child, daughter Zoe Chanel Sipp, was born Friday evening.
“I’m on board with it,” Gattis said. “I think it’s going to be good for my future. I love to catch, and it’s where I feel comfortable on the field.”
Houston manager A.J. Hinch said it would be “a minimum of 10 days” for Gattis, as they build him …
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