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Former Boston Red Sox catcher Sandy Leon is re-joining the Atlanta Braves.
"The #Braves today signed free agent C Sandy León to a major league contract and placed C Sean Murphy on the 10-day injured list, backdated to May 11, with a fractured left middle finger. Atlanta today also selected OF José Azócar to the major league roster after optioning INF Jim Jarvis to Triple-A Gwinnett yesterday," the Braves official account posted on X.
Leon played in 358 regular season games with the Red Sox across five seasons from 2015 to 2019 and helped them win their most recent World Series title in 2018.
The 37-year-old backstop recorded 24 home runs, 118 RBIs and a .223/.283/.339 slash line in 1,191 regular season plate appearances with Boston and added eight hits in 31 playoff at-bats with the Red Sox.
Leon has since played for Cleveland (2020, 2022), the Miami Marlins (2021), Minnesota Twins (2022), Texas Rangers (2023) and Braves (2025).
The Venezuelan was released by Atlanta on April 22 and had gone 4-for-28 across 10 games with Saraperos de Saltillo in the Mexican League this spring.
The Braves enter Tuesday with the best record in baseball at 28-13.
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