MINNEAPOLIS — For the past two seasons, the Twins have basically split their playing time at catcher evenly between Christian Vázquez (172 starts) and Ryan Jeffers (152 starts), including right down ...

Throughout the Twins' postseason run, manager Rocco Baldelli said one of the "more challenging" decisions he made before each game was benching catcher Christian Vázquez. The Texas-Arizona World ...

That’s changed in the past week. Vázquez was out of the lineup for three consecutive games and he sat in six of the last seven games. He was sidelined for at least a couple of games, recovering from a ...

For most of the past two seasons, the Twins have employed a fairly even split of playing time behind the plate. Ryan Jeffers would start one day, Christian Vázquez the next. Last year, each started 81 ...

Vazquez will start at catcher and bat eighth in Monday's game against the Red Sox. Vazquez will draw a third consecutive start behind the dish, but he'll likely see his playing time scaled back once ...