{"id":2453145,"date":"2026-06-10T17:53:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T17:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2453145"},"modified":"2026-06-10T17:53:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T17:53:26","slug":"angels-add-former-royals-giants-catcher-to-roster-amid-sebastian-rivero-injury-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/angels-add-former-royals-giants-catcher-to-roster-amid-sebastian-rivero-injury-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels add former Royals, Giants catcher to roster amid Sebastian Rivero injury concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/los-angeles-angels\/news\/angels-royals-giants-catcher-sebastian-rivero-concerns\/7977a0ef3793a7a919baf358?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Angels add former Royals, Giants catcher to roster amid Sebastian Rivero injury concerns;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Angels add former Royals, Giants catcher to roster amid Sebastian Rivero injury concerns&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Angels add former Royals, Giants catcher to roster amid Sebastian Rivero injury concerns<\/a> originally appeared on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The Sporting News&quot;}\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Preferred Source by clicking here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/los-angeles-angels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Angels;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Los Angeles Angels&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Angels<\/a> added a new backup catcher to the roster on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"bodyad-wrapper hidden\" id=\"sda-body\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"body-ads\" id=\"sda-bodysda\">\n<div class=\"responsive-sda\" id=\"_R_671sdcaanpfiv65bH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_671sdcaanpfiv65bH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_671sdcaanpfiv65bH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sebastian <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/11938\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rivero;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Rivero&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Rivero<\/a> exited last night&#8217;s game against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/houston-astros\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Houston Astros;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Houston Astros&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Houston Astros<\/a> with a hand injury. Now, <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/12011\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Logan O'Hoppe;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Logan O'&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Logan O&#8217;Hoppe<\/a> has a new backup.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AriA1exander\/status\/2064731113075957803\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ari Alexander of 7News reports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Ari Alexander of 7News reports&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Ari Alexander of 7News reports<\/a> that the Angels have selected the contract of <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/61636\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Logan Porter;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Logan Porter&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Logan Porter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=porter000log\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Porter signed a minor league deal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Porter signed a minor league deal&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Porter signed a minor league deal<\/a> with the Angels less than five days ago and has made 16 appearances in the Majors with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/kansas-city-royals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kansas City Royals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Kansas City Royals&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Kansas City Royals<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/san-francisco-giants\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:San Francisco Giants;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;San Francisco Giants&quot;}\" class=\"link \">San Francisco Giants<\/a> since the start of the 2023 season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has a full slate of minor league options remaining, so the Angels don\u2019t necessarily need to designate him for assignment when [Travis] d\u2019Arnaud and\/or Rivero get healthy,&#8221; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2026\/06\/angels-select-logan-porter-sebastian-rivero-injury.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steve Adams of MLB Trade Rumors;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Steve Adams of MLB Trade Rumors&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Steve Adams of MLB Trade Rumors <\/a>wrote. &#8220;The Halos will need to open 26-man and 40-man roster spots for Porter, but that should be pretty straightforward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"bodyad-wrapper hidden\" id=\"sda-body\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"body-ads\" id=\"sda-bodysda\">\n<div class=\"responsive-sda\" id=\"_R_6h1sdcaanpfiv65bH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_6h1sdcaanpfiv65bH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_6h1sdcaanpfiv65bH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Porter has seven hits in 47 trips to the plate in his big league career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE<\/strong>:\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/new-york-mets\/news\/mets-fans-wont-former-mlb-gms-trade-deadline-projection\/63e003186813c7e43c6b02c6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mets projected to still sell at trade deadline by ex-MLB GM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Mets projected to still sell at trade deadline by ex-MLB GM&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Mets projected to still sell at trade deadline by ex-MLB GM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old hit .241\/.292\/.362 with one home run and 10 RBIs in 17 games in the minors this season with Triple-A Sacramento as a member of the Giants organization.<\/p>\n<p>For now, Porter provides catching depth for the Angels. He&#8217;s likely to lose that job when Rivero or D&#8217;Arnaud returns from injury.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading\">More MLB news:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/st-louis-cardinals\/news\/5-reasons-believe-jordan-walkers-breakout-cardinals-espn\/5fa1383262cacc214bcbe71b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:5 reasons to believe in Jordan Walker's breakout for Cardinals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;5 reasons to believe in Jordan Walker'&quot;}\" class=\"link \">5 reasons to believe in Jordan Walker&#8217;s breakout for Cardinals<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/detroit-tigers\/news\/why-tarik-skubal-should-want-be-traded-tigers-season\/95256a7939a15be9aa5c6860\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tarik Skubal being traded by Tigers would help him in free agency;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Tarik Skubal being traded by Tigers would help him in free agency&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Tarik Skubal being traded by Tigers would help him in free agency<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/chicago-cubs\/news\/cubs-cost-trade-tarik-skubal-tigers-revealed-ex-mlb-gm\/6f86447ad3ec2770e0b4df42\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cubs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Cubs&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Cubs<\/a>\u2019<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/chicago-cubs\/news\/cubs-cost-trade-tarik-skubal-tigers-revealed-ex-mlb-gm\/6f86447ad3ec2770e0b4df42\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u00a0cost to trade for Tarik Skubal from Tigers revealed by ex-MLB GM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;&amp;nbsp&quot;}\" class=\"link \">\u00a0cost to trade for Tarik Skubal from Tigers revealed by ex-MLB GM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/new-york-yankees\/news\/yankees-ryan-mcmahon-problem-might-have-25-million-solution\/25250fb22bb9575df517b9b6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Yankees;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Yankees&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Yankees<\/a>\u2019<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/new-york-yankees\/news\/yankees-ryan-mcmahon-problem-might-have-25-million-solution\/25250fb22bb9575df517b9b6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u00a0Ryan McMahon problem has a $25 million release solution;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;&amp;nbsp&quot;}\" class=\"link \">\u00a0Ryan McMahon problem has a $25 million release solution<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/philadelphia-phillies\/news\/phillies-107-million-decision-genius-move-dave-dombrowski\/76fc1e955b0751762e4f0bb9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Phillies extending Cristopher Sanchez to his $107 million deal was genius;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Phillies extending Cristopher Sanchez to his $107 million deal was genius&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Phillies extending Cristopher Sanchez to his $107 million deal was genius<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source sports.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angels add former Royals, Giants catcher to roster amid Sebastian Rivero injury concerns originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Los Angeles Angels added a new backup catcher to the roster on Wednesday. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Sebastian Rivero exited last night&#8217;s game against the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2453146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[482051,425860,346032,43627,482050,480739,357718,346033,482049,319715,406169,359143,361692,313160],"class_list":["post-2453145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-backup-catcher","tag-cubs","tag-houston-astros","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-logan-o39hoppe","tag-logan-porter","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-mets","tag-rivero","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-steve-adams","tag-tarik-skubal","tag-the-angels","tag-yankees"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Angels-add-former-Royals-Giants-catcher-to-roster-amid-Sebastian.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2453145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2453147,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453145\/revisions\/2453147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2453146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2453145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2453145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2453145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}