According to Jon Morosi, the Boston Red Sox have promoted Christian Vazquez to the Major League club while optioning Blake Swihart to Triple-A Pawtucket.
It has been widely speculated that this move would be made as soon as Vazquez was healthy to return, large in part due to Swihart's struggles defensively so far this season.
Many forget that the catching job was Vazquez's to lose last season until undergoing season ending Tommy John surgery. Although he does not posses the same offensive skills as Swihart (Vazquez hit only .240/.308/.309 in 55 games for the Red Sox in 2014), Vazquez has been heralded as a great game caller and has one of the strongest arms in the league (caught 52% of attempted base stealers in 2014). The Red Sox hope the move will help add some stability to a starting rotation that has struggled to go deep into games.
Swihart has showed promise with the bat hitting .275/.324/.386 over his first 90 Major League games, but at this point it is evident the 24 year old needs more seasoning in Pawtucket before managing a big league rotation.
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