Padres agree to contract with catcher Severino (source)

The Padres and free agent catcher Pedro Severino have reached an settlement on a cut up contract, a supply advised MLB.com’s AJ Cassavell on Monday. It can pay him $1.95 million if he reaches the Major Leagues and consists of $550,000 in efficiency incentives, in response to a report by FanSided’s Robert Murray. The membership has not confirmed the deal.

Severino, 29, appeared in solely eight video games with the Brewers final 12 months after serving an 80-game suspension for violation of MLB’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Prior to that, he spent three seasons with the Orioles, over which he hit .249/.315/.397 in 938 plate appearances.

Although he’s rated as a below-average defensive backstop and pitch framer, it seems San Diego is buying Severino for depth behind Austin Nola, Luis Campusano and Brett Sullivan.

Originally signed out of the Dominican Republic by the Nationals in 2010, Severino made his MLB debut with Washington in ’15, and spent 4 seasons with the membership earlier than Baltimore acquired him off waivers.