Career
Colorado Rockies
On December 8,2016,Bemboom was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the minor league portion of the Rule 5 draft. [6] He played for the Triple–A Albuquerque Isotopes in 2017,slashing .278/.390/.459 with four home runs and 20 RBI. [5]
Bemboom returned to Triple–A Albuquerque in 2018,playing in 70 games and hitting .232/.339/.351 with five home runs and 29 RBI. He elected free agency following the season on November 2,2018. [7]
Los Angeles Angels (second stint)
On July 15,2019,Bemboom was traded to the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for cash considerations. [14] On August 24,2020,Bemboom made his first career pitching appearance against the Houston Astros,pitching a scoreless inning after getting Carlos Correa,Taylor Jones and Michael Brantley to fly out following the walk of Kyle Tucker. In 2020,Bemboom batted .208/.328/.417 with 3 home runs and led all Angels catchers with a 41% caught stealing rate. [15] On August 7,2021,Bemboom was designated for assignment by the Angels. [16]
Los Angeles Dodgers
On August 9,2021,the Los Angeles Dodgers claimed Bemboom off waivers from the Angels. [17] On August 14,Bemboom was outrighted off of the 40-man roster without having appeared in a game for the Dodgers. [18] He played in 25 games for the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers,with a .189 batting average. [5] Bemboom became a free agent following the season.
Baltimore Orioles
On December 16,2021,Bemboom signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles organization. [19] He made the Orioles' Opening Day roster for the 2022 season. [20] Playing in 22 games for Baltimore,Bemboom hit just .115/.207/.212 with one home run and one RBI. He was designated for assignment on May 21,2022. He cleared waivers and was sent outright to Triple-A Norfolk Tides on May 27. Spending the rest of the season in Norfolk,Bemboom appeared in 34 contests,batting .228/.292/.350 with 3 home runs and 15 RBI.
Following the 2022 season on October 6,the Orioles added Bemboom to the 40-man roster to prevent him from reaching minor–league free agency. [21] However,on November 4,Bemboom was removed from the roster and sent outright to Triple–A Norfolk. [22]
On March 30,2023,Bemboom had his contract selected after making the Opening Day roster. James McCann had suffered an injury and a backup catcher was needed,necessitating his promotion. [23] After going 0–for–2 in just 2 games,he was designated for assignment on April 13. [24] He cleared waivers and was sent outright to Triple–A Norfolk the same day. [25] On June 20,Bemboom was selected back to the major league roster to replace JoséGodoy as the backup to Adley Rutschman. [26] He went 2–for–9 in 4 more games,and was again designated for assignment on July 5,following the promotion of Colton Cowser. [27] [28] He again cleared waivers and was sent outright to Norfolk on July 12. [29] On October 13,Bemboom elected free agency.
Detroit Tigers
On December 8,2023,Bemboom signed a minor league contract with the Detroit Tigers. [30] On November 6,he elected free agency. [31]
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