Overview
- Veteran catcher Max Stassi has been traded from the Atlanta Braves to the Chicago White Sox, with the Braves receiving a player to be named later or cash in return.
- Stassi, 32, missed the entire 2023 season due to a left hip strain and a family medical issue.
- Over his 10-year Major League career, Stassi has a .212 batting average with 41 home runs and 128 RBIs.
- Stassi's defensive skills are notable, with a 38.1 framing rate from 2018-22, the second best by a catcher in MLB during that period.
- Stassi joins Korey Lee and Carlos Pérez on the White Sox's catching depth chart, with Edgar Quero, the No. 3 White Sox prospect, targeted for Triple-A Charlotte to start the ’24 season.