The Purple Sox handed catcher Caleb Hamilton by way of outright waivers unclaimed and assigned him again to Triple-A Worcester, per the crew’s transaction log at MLB.com. Hamilton has been outrighted prior to now, giving him the appropriate to reject the project if he chooses, however he’s listed as energetic on the WooSox’ roster for now.

The 28-year-old Hamilton appeared in solely 4 video games with Boston previous to being designated for project final week. He went hitless in six journeys to the plate throughout that restricted time and is now simply 1-for-23 in his large league profession, though that lone hit was an enormous fly throughout final yr’s MLB debut with the Twins. Hamilton was batting .180/.285/.310 by way of 116 plate appearances with Triple-A Worcester previous to being chosen to the MLB roster in June. In elements of 4 Triple-A seasons, Hamilton is a .206/.316/.377 hitter.

Boston is at the moment using Connor Wong and not too long ago re-signed Jorge Alfaro — whose contract with the Sox prompted Hamilton’s DFA within the first place — as the first catching tandem on the large league roster. That’ll probably be the association for the close to future, at the very least till Reese McGuire is ready to return from an indirect pressure suffered on June 21. The Sox even have former high prospect Ronaldo Hernandez and 2019 tenth-rounder Stephen Scott on the roster in Triple-A Worcester.