Following the footsteps of Jason Varitek was never going to be easy. The Boston Red Sox had a stalwart at catcher for 14 seasons, from 1998 through 2011, then he retired. The Red Sox pieced together a ...

BOSTON -- While nobody in Boston really enjoyed seeing Christian Vazquez get shipped away to Houston at the trade deadline, things have at least worked out fairly well for the catcher. With the Astros ...

The Houston Astros used four pitchers to make World Series history on Wednesday, but one constant was a former Boston Red Sox catcher behind the plate. Houston evened the World Series with a combined ...

PHILADELPHIA — Four Astros pitchers combined for a no-hitter in the Astros’ 5-0 win over the Phillies in Wednesday’s Game 4 of the World Series, but one man was a constant on Houston’s history making ...

Christian Vázquez’s second start of the postseason sure was a memorable one. Vázquez, who was traded from the Red Sox to the Astros at this year’s trade deadline, caught the second no-hitter in World ...

For the money, there isn't really a worse hitter than Tigers shortstop Javy Báez. He ranks near (or at) the bottom in virtually every hitting metric this season, and his abysmal plate discipline makes ...

Vazquez, 32, spent most of his career in Boston until a deadline deal last August sent him to Houston, where he won a World Series ring with the Astros. Christian Vazquez of the Boston Red Sox points ...

Phillies are picking on Houston catcher Christian Vázquez. Bryce Harper stole second base in the second inning, then Brandon Marsh did the same in the third. Really, though, they’re taking advantage ...

PHILADELPHIA — Cristian Javier, Bryan Abreu, Rafael Montero and Ryan Pressly etched their names into the baseball history books Wednesday, combining to hold the Phillies hitless in the Astros’ 5-0 win ...

PHILADELPHIA — As a member of the Red Sox, Christian Vázquez caught the final pitch of the 2018 World Series and leapt into the arms of Chris Sale. Vázquez, now with the Houston Astros, was in the ...

Christian Vázquez is still relatively new to the Houston Astros but he helped guided his team’s pitching staff to the second no-hitter in World Series history. By David Waldstein PHILADELPHIA — In ...