Yanks Sign Chris Stewart

MY BASEBALL BIAS found this 4/3/2008 on slidingintohome.blogspot.com [flag]

Chad Jennings (hat tip to River Ave. Blues ) is reporting that the Yankees signed 26 year old catcher Chris Stewart to a minor league deal. Stewart was once a fairly well regarded catching prospect in the White Sox system and he made his major league debut with Chicago in 2006. Last year he split time between the big leagues and Triple-A with Texas. Here are his career stats . Stewart has ... [link]

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A catcher is signed
Published 4/3/2008 by Jason at MY BASEBALL BIAS
Chad Jennings is the man!!! Keeping track of minor league signings is a tedious venture so I’m glad someone is keeping up with it. Jennings posted today that the Yankees have signed backup catcher Chris Stewart and assigned him to Triple-A. Catcher Jason Brown was subsequently sent to the GCL. Stewart came up in the White Sox organization. Hat tips to RAB And Sliding into Home.

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