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By Jon Vankin
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With backup catcher Connor Wong battling a hand injury for most of the season — an injury that required surgery in October — the Boston Red Sox in July signed veteran backstop Chadwick Tromp to a minor league deal and assigned him to Triple-A Worcester.
But Tromp, one of only two natives of the Caribbean island of Aruba currently in professional baseball, never saw Fenway Park. As a result, on Nov. 6, the 30-year-old elected to become a free agent for the third time this year.
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Just three days later, the Atlanta Braves signed Tromp, who originally signed with the Cincinnati Reds in 2013 as an international amateur free agent at the age of 18, to a minor league contract. They immediately assigned Tromp to the Triple-A Gwinnett Stripers.
Then, on Monday, the Braves sent their new catching acquisition to Leones del Escogido of the Dominican Winter League. In three games and seven plate appearances so far for Escogido entering Saturday, Tromp had collected one hit, a double, and a walk while striking out twice.
Tromp is now in his second tenure with the Braves. He was claimed off the waiver wire by Atlanta, after being released by the San Francisco Giants, in September 2021.
Tromp saw big league action with the Braves, playing in 28 games over four seasons, with 18 hits in 77 at-bats and a .601 OPS.
For the Worcester Red Sox this year, Tromp managed a mere .349 OPS with 13 hits in 96 at-bats over 28 games.
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