Jonathan Lucroy officially is a member of the Boston Red Sox.
But don't expect him to challenge Christian Vazquez for the starting catcher job.
The Red Sox have added Lucroy to their spring training roster as a non-roster invite, the team announced Wednesday.
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That means the 33-year-old catcher is on a minor league contract, as Mass Live's Chris Cotillo reported Tuesday morning, and likely will begin the year at Triple-A Pawtucket unless he outperforms current backup Kevin Plawecki in spring training. If he does that and makes the roster, he'll earn $1.5 million, according to WEEI's Rob Bradford.
Lucroy also will face competition from four other non-roster invites: Juan Centeno, recent addition Connor Wong, Roldani Baldwin and Jett Bandy.
Plawecki figures to be the No. 2 to Vazquez, who caught a career-high 138 games last season.
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Lucroy has a more impressive pedigree -- he's a two-time All-Star and 10-year MLB veteran who spent five seasons as Ron Roenicke's catcher on the Milwaukee Brewers -- but hasn't been very effective while bouncing between five teams over the last four seasons.
The Red Sox appear to be making a minimal investment in Lucroy, though, which could pay off if he has a strong 2020 spring training.