14 Tony Wolters C

Wolters agreed to a one-year, $960,000 deal with the Rockies, avoiding arbitration, Thomas Harding of MLB.com reports.

Despite finally getting to arbitration, Wolters will only receive a modest raise, as he has never received more than 266 plate appearances in a MLB season. The Rockies have an underwhelming three-headed monster at catcher, so it is unclear how Wolters' playing time will shake out this season.

Wolters is not starting Wednesday against the Giants, Jenny Cavnar of AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain reports.

Wolters has a very slight playing-time edge behind the plate in Colorado, though he's only started in back-to-back games once in the last 15 games. Chris Iannetta will get the call Wednesday.

Wolters is out of the lineup against San Diego on Thursday, Patrick Saunders of The Denver Post reports.

Wolters will take a seat for a standard day off after going 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBI during Wednesday's victory. In his absence, Chris Iannetta will handle the catching duties and bat eighth.

Wolters will start at catcher and bat eighth Sunday against the Braves, Jenny Cavnar of AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain reports.

Wolters is behind the plate for the fourth time in six games, an indication that he may have unseated Chris Iannetta as the Rockies' primary backstop. With a .159 average over his 163 plate appearances, Wolters doesn't bring much offensive upside to the table and is mainly valued for his receiving skills.

Wolters possesses a .160/.268/.269 slash line to start the second half.

Wolters' stat line is downright awful. Strikeouts aren't much of a concern (17.4 percent strikeout rate) and he walks plenty (10.1 percent walk rate). However, he's not doing anything with the balls he puts in play. His BABIP sits at a lowly .181 mark and his ISO is just .109. Fortunately he's an above-average defender behind the plate and can play the infield as well, otherwise he could find himself back in Triple-A in the near future thanks to the emergence of Tom Murphy at the big-league level.