{"id":690532,"date":"2026-05-05T00:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T00:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/690532\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T00:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T00:55:08","slug":"astros-select-cesar-salazar-mlb-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/690532\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros Select C\u00e9sar Salazar – MLB Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Astros are selecting catcher\u00a0C\u00e9sar Salazar<\/a> back onto the big league roster, reports Brian McTaggart of MLB.com<\/a>. Infielder\u00a0Shay Whitcomb<\/a> was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land in a corresponding move. Houston opened a spot on the 40-man roster this afternoon when they designated<\/a> outfielder\u00a0Daniel Johnson<\/a> for assignment.<\/p>\n

Salazar\u2019s promotion is spurred by what appears to be a minor injury for starting catcher\u00a0Yainer Diaz<\/a>. He\u2019s out of tonight\u2019s lineup with a left abdominal issue. The Astros haven\u2019t placed him on the injured list but seemingly want to stay away from him tonight.\u00a0Christian V\u00e1zquez<\/a> draws into the lineup against the Dodgers and Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a>. Salazar provides some insurance as a reserve catcher.<\/p>\n

Unless Diaz eventually needs an injured list stay, it\u2019ll probably be a brief stint on the roster for Salazar. He\u2019s out of minor league options and was designated for assignment at the end of Spring Training when Houston opted for V\u00e1zquez as their backup catcher. They surely don\u2019t have any regrets about that decision, as the veteran is out to a .333\/.390\/.519 start to his age-35 season.<\/p>\n

Salazar appeared in 36 MLB games as Houston\u2019s third catcher between 2023-25. He\u2019s hitting .193\/.333\/.281 with one home run over 19 games with Sugar Land this season. The 30-year-old has a solid reputation for his glove and work with a pitching staff but isn\u2019t likely to be much of an offensive threat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Astros are selecting catcher\u00a0C\u00e9sar Salazar back onto the big league roster, reports Brian McTaggart of MLB.com. Infielder\u00a0Shay…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":690533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,2263,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-690532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-cesar-salazar","10":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116519247778795402","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=690532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}