News about Christian Vazquez

Backstop Christian Vazquez of the Minnesota Twins certainly didn't think he'd be in jeopardy in the on-deck circle on Wednesday. That is, until he was struck by a rogue foul ball. During the Twins' game against the Detroit Tigers, the catcher was struck on the head by a foul ball. Vazquez was waiting his turn at the plate when he collided with the ball, barely missing his face during teammate Donovan Solano's third-inning at-bat.

In the ninth innings against the Twins, the 28-year-old threw the slowest pitch of over 350k pitches in the Yankees' 120 years of existence when he was on the mound in the ninth. However, Kiner-Falefa only gave up one hit in the last inning of Thursday's game and didn't give up a run when getting three hitters to fly out despite the Yankees' most lopsided loss of the season.

Vázquez, 32, appeared in 119 games for Boston and Houston this season, hitting.274 with nine home runs and 52 RBIs. In November, the 32-year-old won his second World Series ring with the Astros. After Wilson Contreras signed a five-year, $87.5 million contract with the St. Louis Cardinals last week, he was named one of the few remaining free-agent catchers in the league. The Twins will now concentrate on resigning star shot stopper Carlos Correa, who also played for the Houston Astros.