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The Padres signed Travis Buck to a minor league deal

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GOODYEAR, AZ - FEBRUARY 22: Travis Buck #28 of the Cleveland Indians poses during their photo day at the Cleveland Indians Spring Training Complex on February 22, 2011 in Goodyear, Arizona. (Photo by Rob Tringali/Getty Images)

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Yes, this is absurdly minor, but it’s one of those days. Between people being off work for MLK Day and other people spending the day continuing to freak out that a people we basically treat as a gladiators don’t speak like statesmen after games, not a lot of actual stuff is going down. So:

Source: #Padres re-sign Travis Buck to minor league deal.

— Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) January 20, 2014


Buck spent the entire 2013 season at Triple-A Tucson, where he hit 256 with a .296 on-base percentage. He’s a career .243/.316/.399 hitter who, at this point, has business cards that say “emergency catching option” on them, I presume.