The Angels signed catcher to a minor league deal, . The deal includes a spring training invite. Mejia, 28, put up a .227/.258/.400 batting line in 160 plate appearances for the Rays this year. He split time behind the dish for Tampa Bay with , logging 381 innings. Mejia hit the IL in late July with an MCL sprain, an injury that cost him about a month. Upon his activation in August, the Rays instead chose to , sticking with as their backup catcher. Mejia then , so as not to abandon the remainder of his $2.155MM salary. He then elected free agency in October. Signed out of the Dominican Republic in 2012, Mejia broke out as a bat-first switch-hitting Indians prospect in 2016. Prior to the 2018 season, Baseball America considered him the 20th Raul Mondesi Jersey best prospect in the game, while MLB.com had him at #11. In July of 2018, the Indians to the Padres for relievers and . Mejia made the Padres in 2019 as the backup to , though by the end of 2020 he was optioned to Triple-A. In December of 2020, Mejia was again traded, this time with , , and for . Mejia and Patio, the principals in that trade, have fallen far in these three years. Patio was earlier today, returning to the Padres. Snell, meanwhile, reached free agency, won his second award, and was reported yesterday as an Angels priority by . Mejia paired up with to form the Rays catching tandem in 2021. He posted a .260/.322/.416 batting line in 277 plate appearances, providing the best offense of his career to date. In 2022, with Zunino on the injured list, Mejia led the Rays and set a career-high with 638 1/3 innings caught, despite injuries of his own. Though Mejia is still relatively young, he generally hasnt impre sed defensively and his highly-touted bat never materialized. holds the starting catching job for the Angels, and Mejia will have to supplant for the Halos backup role. The Angels catcher to the Braves earlier this month along with , who then Sta si to the White Sox. Its been a quiet offseason otherwise for Angels GM Perry Minasian, who has seen depart and has thus far added three relievers in , , and . Brendon Little Jersey