It’s official. The Kansas City Royals have placed former UMass Lowell catcher Matt Tupman on their Opening Day roster. The Royals on Saturday cut 11 players from their active roster to get down to 24. They will open the regular-season on Monday in Detroit with Tupman as their backup catcher while Miguel Olivo serves a four-game suspension stemming from a brawl with the New York Mets last season while Olivo was a Florida Marlin.
John Buck is the Royals' starting catcher.
Tupman, 28, of Concord, N.H., helped the River Hawks to their only two Division 2 World Series appearances (2001-02). He was an All-American in 2002. He is in position to become only the second UMass Lowell product to play in the big leagues. Mike LaValliere, who was from Manchester, N.H., was a major league catcher for 12 seasons (1984-95).
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What a great story it is about former UMass Lowell and current back up catcher Matt Tupman to be on the roster in the regular season for the Kansas City Royals. I will now follow the Royals box scores at least at the start of the season. I'll suddenly have a reason to root for a player on the Royals that hasnt happened for me anyways since back in the 80's... Good Luck Mr. Matt Tupman and to all minor leaguers especially ones in the North East.
Posted by Shappy | March 31, 2008 12:44 PM
Posted on March 31, 2008 12:44
Good for him.
Hopefully he gets into a game before Olivo is back...
Posted by dboisver | April 1, 2008 3:23 PM
Posted on April 1, 2008 15:23