Henry Blanco

According to Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated the Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a one-year, $1.2 million deal with veteran catcher Henry Blanco. Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic said earlier today that the deal was close. Yesterday, we learned that Blanco declined his side of the 2012 option. The 40-year old catcher was set to [...]

According to Aaron Gleeman of NBCSports.com, veteran catcher Henry Blanco has declined his half of the $1.5 million option he had with the Diamondbacks. The 40-year old catcher will be a free agent. Blanco hit .250/.330/.540 with 8 HR’s and 12 RBI;s in 100 AB’s with the Diamondbacks in 2011. Image by SD Dirk under the Creative [...]

11. Arizona Diamondbacks: The Diamondbacks had, in my opinion, a very similar off season as the Marlins did. Their most significant moves were the signing of J.J. Putz and trading for Armando Galarraga.  They also brought a few veterans in to their roster with Xavier Nady, Melvin Mora, Willie Bloomquist, Mike Hampton, [...]

In a team press release, the Arizona Diamondbacks have officially announced that they have agreed to terms with catcher Henry Blanco and outfielder Xavier Nady. Arizona agreed a one-year, $1 million deal with Blanco on December 15. The 39-year old Venezuelan played with the New York Mets last season, where he hit [...]

The Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a one-year, $1 million deal with catcher Henry Blanco, according to FOXSportsArizona.com’s Jack Magruder. The deal is pending physical. Yesterday we reported that Blanco was lose to signing a one-year deal with the D’Backs. Leonard Ojeda of Diario Meridiano recently reported that Blanco could reach an agreement with the Diamondbacks soon. “Although [...]

Free agent catcher Henry Blanco is close to signing a one-year deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks, according to a source close to Steve Gilbert of MLB.com. Gilbert says the deal is believed to be worth around $1 million and may include a mutual option for 2012. Leonard Ojeda of Diario Meridiano recently reported that Blanco could [...]

According to Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic, the Arizona Diamondbacks are “very close” to signing free agent C Henry Blanco to be their backup to Miguel Montero. The deal is likely to be a one-year deal. Blanco is considered a great clubhouse guy and a mentor/coach-on-the-field type. The 39-year old Venezuelan played with [...]

According to Arizona Republic’s Nick Piecoro the Diamondbacks are looking for a backup catcher, and he’s been told that free agent Henry Blanco is one of their primary targets. Piecoro says that Blanco is considered a great clubhouse guy and a mentor/coach-on-the-field type. The 39-year old Venezuelan played with the Mets last season, where he hit .215/.271/.300 [...]

New York Mets GM Sandy Alderson said that he didn’t think his team will be major players in this winter’s free agent market, according to the New York Posts’ Dan Martin. Alderson has previously said that he has a lack of payroll flexibility and COO Jeff Wilpon said the team is “close to the maximum” [...]

Good morning! Here are a few PRO Rumors to follow on Thursday: Mike Puma of the New York Post says that Rod Barajas is not guaranteed the starting catcher position. The Mets currently have Omir Santos, Henry Blanco, Chris Coste, Shawn Riggans and Josh Thole on the roster. Mets manager Jerry Manuel can see the Mets pitching [...]