Impact McGuire, who will turn 30 in March, sports a career .252/.300/.364 batting line over parts of seven major-league seasons. The veteran backstop will likely begin the 2025 campaign at Triple-A Iowa as catching depth.
JANUARY 22 • ROTOWIRE
REESE MCGUIRE CATCHER - NO TEAM
CATCHER - NO TEAM
MiLB deal from Northsiders The Cubs signed McGuire to a minor-league contract Wednesday, Aram Leighton of Just Baseball reports.
Elects free agency McGuire elected free agency Monday.
Impact McGuire initially remained in the Boston organization after being outrighted to Triple-A Worcester back in August, but with the minor-league season over he's now on the free-agent market. The veteran catcher is a career .252/.300/.364 hitter over parts of seven big-league seasons.
OCTOBER 1, 2024 • ROTOWIRE
Outrighted to Worcester The Red Sox outrighted McGuire to Triple-A Worcester on Friday, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports.
Impact McGuire was DFA'd by Boston to make room on the roster for the acquisition of catcher Danny Jansen, but the former will stay within the organization. Before being jettisoned from the 40-man roster, McGuire was slashing .209/.280/.295 with three home runs and 18 RBI across 158 major-league plate appearances this season.
AUGUST 2, 2024 • ROTOWIRE
DFA'd by Boston The Red Sox designated McGuire for assignment Sunday, Rob Bradford of WEEI.comreports.
Impact The 29-year-old will be bumped off the 26-man and 40-man rosters to make room for trade-acquisition Danny Jansen. McGuire posted a .209/.280/.295 slash line with three home runs in 52 games for the Red Sox this season.
JULY 28, 2024 • ROTOWIRE
Getting second straight start McGuire will start at catcher and bat eighth in Sunday's game against the Royals, Pete Abraham of The Boston Globe reports.
Impact McGuire will be rewarded with a second straight start to close out of the Red Sox's pre-All-Star-break schedule after he went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI in Saturday's 5-0 win. Though he's delivered two-hit performances in both of his last two starts, McGuire is still the clear No. 2 option at catcher behind Connor Wong, who holds a 204-point edge in OPS (.812 to .608) on the season.
JULY 14, 2024 • ROTOWIRE
Reese McGuire's RBI double | 07/13/2024 Reese McGuire drives in the game's first run with an RBI double in the bottom of the 2nd inning
JULY 13, 2024 • MLB.COM
Reese McGuire's RBI single | 07/06/2024 The Official Site of Major League Baseball
JULY 6, 2024 • MLB.COM
Reese McGuire's RBI double | 06/13/2024 Reese McGuire lines an RBI double into right field, scoring Enmanuel Valdez and giving the Red Sox a 1-0 lead in the 2nd
JUNE 14, 2024 • MLB.COM
Reese McGuire's sacrifice fly | 06/01/2024 Reese McGuire extends the Red Sox's lead to 3-1 as he hits a sacrifice fly to left field in the 4th inning
JUNE 1, 2024 • MLB.COM
Breaks home-run drought McGuire went 2-for-3 with a solo home run during Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Rays.
Impact McGuire went yard in the ninth inning off Erasmo Ramirez, marking the catchers' third homer of the season and his first since April 7. McGuire has been operating as the backup to Connor Wong in May, and he hasn't shown enough at the plate to warrant more playing time since, batting .214 with Tuesday's long ball being his only extra-base hit during the month.
MAY 22, 2024 • ROTOWIRE
Analyzing Reese McGuire's home run through bat tracking | 05/21/2024 The data behind Reese McGuire's swing
MAY 22, 2024 • MLB.COM
Reese McGuire's solo homer to right (3) | 05/21/2024 Reese McGuire extends the Red Sox lead to 5-2 with a solo home run in the top of the 9th inning
MAY 22, 2024 • MLB.COM
Two reasons why Red Sox catcher Reese McGuire is back to being one of MLB's best at throwing out runners - The Boston Globe McGuire is once again making runners think before attempting to steal, registering a 30 percent caught-steal percentage.
MAY 18, 2024 • BOSTONGLOBE.COM
Reese McGuire's RBI walk | 05/07/2024 The Official Site of Major League Baseball
MAY 8, 2024 • MLB.COM
After review, Reese McGuire is safe at third base | 05/05/2024 Reese McGuire attempts to steal third and is originally ruled out, but after a Red Sox challenge, the call is overturned and he is ruled saf...
MAY 5, 2024 • MLB.COM
Should Red Sox' Reese McGuire have thrown to second? Alex Cora answers t all unraveled for the Red Sox during the seventh inning Friday when catcher Reese McGuire made a throwing error and reliever Naoyuki Uwasa...
MAY 4, 2024 • MASSLIVE.COM
Reese McGuire's two-run single | 04/21/2024 Reese McGuire knocks a two-run single to left field, extending the Red Sox's lead to 4-1 in the top of the 5th inning
APRIL 21, 2024 • MLB.COM
Sitting Wednesday McGuire isn't in Boston's lineup for Wednesday's game against the Guardians, Christopher Smith of The Springfield Republican reports.
Impact McGuire is just 2-for-13 across his last five games, so he'll sit out Wednesday while Connor Wong starts behind the plate and bats sixth.
APRIL 17, 2024 • ROTOWIRE
Sits against lefty McGuire is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Orioles.
Impact The lefty-hitting McGuire will give way to the righty-hitting Connor Wong behind the plate while southpaw Cole Irvin takes the hill for Baltimore. McGuire still appears to have a stranglehold on the primary catching gig when the Red Sox face right-handed pitching; he's slashing .350/.435/.550 over 23 plate appearances versus righties so far this season.
APRIL 10, 2024 • ROTOWIRE
Reese McGuire's five-RBI game | 04/07/2024 Reese McGuire racks up five RBIs in a stellar day at the plate vs. the L.A. Angels
APRIL 8, 2024 • MLB.COM
Homers, swipes bag McGuire went 2-for-4 with a home run, five RBI, a walk and a stolen base in Sunday's win over the Angels.
Impact McGuire filled the stat sheet Sunday, highlighted by his three-run blast in the sixth inning. He's gone deep twice in the last three games and posted his second multi-hit game of the season. The 29-year-old catcher is slashing .333/.385/.625 with three extra-base hits and eight RBI through nine games.
APRIL 8, 2024 • ROTOWIRE
Breaking down Reese McGuire's home run | 04/07/2024 The data behind Reese McGuire's home run
APRIL 7, 2024 • MLB.COM
Reese McGuire's three-run home run (2) | 04/07/2024 Reese McGuire drills a fly ball to the right field corner for a three-run home run, extending Boston's lead over the Angels to 7-0
APRIL 7, 2024 • MLB.COM
McGuire drives in 5, O'Neill hits fifth homer as Red Sox defeat Angels 12-2 to cap trip
Reese McGuire drove in five runs, Tyler O’Neill hit his third home run of the series and the Boston Red Sox finished off 10-game road trip with a 12-2 victory over the Los Angeles...APRIL 7, 2024 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Challenged by the Red Sox, Reese McGuire's grinding is paying dividends all around the plate - The Boston Globe McGuire was told at the end of last season that if he wanted to play more, he had to get stronger and become more of a consistent threat at...
APRIL 6, 2024 • BOSTONGLOBE.COM
