Jarrod Saltalamacchia a Fit for the O’s?

The Baltimore Orioles will certainly need to add some catching depth upon the likely departure of Matt Wieters.

FOXSports.com senior baseball writer and MLB Network insider Ken Rosenthal tweeted that sources list Jarrod Saltalamacchia as a primary consideration for the Baltimore Orioles.

The reason for this might be that he has been especially good against the Baltimore Orioles.

There is only one other team against whom he has played more games (the Rays), and in 51 games against the Orioles he has batted .282 with eight home runs.

Orioles: Evaluating MLBTR’s Top 50 Free Agent Predictions1d ago For his career, Saltalamacchia is a .240 hitter with 98 home runs in 788 games.

Saltalamacchia hits .251 against righties, but only .212 against lefties.