The Red Sox have announced the signing of their seventh-round pick in last month’s draft, University of North Carolina catcher Tim Federowicz, and assigned him to the Lowell Spinners.
Federowicz was late to sign because the Tarheels were playing in the College World Series.
The Spinners are hoping Federowicz can add some punch to the New York-Penn League’s weakest lineup. Spinners catchers Rafael Gil and Matt Cooney are hitting a combined .058 (4-for-69) with no extra-base hits and 5 RBI.
Federowicz, who has been working out with the Spinners while his contract was approved and he passed his medical, could be behind the plate tomorrow night when the Spinners begin a six-game road trip in Batavia, N.Y.