Nick Raposo #71

Played high school baseball at Johnston (R.I.) Senior High School where he earned four varsity letters...Was named Rhode Island First Team All-State as a senior...Played college baseball four years at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass. and made it to the Division III College World Series as a freshman in 2017, batting 3-for-8 in the series...Finished his college career batting .366 with nine home runs and 117 RBI over 131 games...Batted .434 as a sophomore at Wheaton and ranked 10th in the nation with 19 doubles...Named All-New England All-Region First Team as announced by D3Baseball.com in 2018-19 and was Second Team All-American in 2018...Played baseball for three seasons in the summer with teams in the New England Collegiate Baseball League (New Port 2017, Ocean State 2017 and Martha's Vinyard 2018-19)...Resides in Johnston, R.I.

2023

Split the season between Springfield (AA) and Memphis (AAA), appearing in 40 games between affiliates...Caught 286.2 innings in 33 games behind the plate and threw out 35.4% (11 CS/31 SB ATT) of attempted base stealers...Reached base safely in 28 of 40 games...Promoted to Memphis on May 9...Batted .350 (7-for-20) in five games in July.

2022

Played the entire season at Springfield (AA), his second full season at the Double-A affiliate...Collected a career-high seven home runs with 34 RBI. Ranked fourth on Springfield with 18 doubles despite ranking 13th on the team in games played (59)...Played 361.1 innings behind the plate and did not commit an error in 358 total chances...Reached base safely in a career-high 24 straight games (7/17-9/3), the longest streak by a Springfield player for the season...Posted his first multi-home run game at NW Arkansas (7/23) with a solo home run in the second inning and a three-run shot in the third inning, both off the same pitcher (Anthony Veneziano)...Only threw out 10.8% (4 CS/37 SB ATT) of attempted base stealers.

2021

Began his career at Double-A Springfield in 2021 and has not played below that level...Did not commit an error in 358 total chances at catcher in 2022...Has thrown out 20.4% (10 CS/49 SB ATT) of attempted stolen bases in his professional career...Posted a career-high 5 RBI vs. Tulsa (8/8/21), going 2-for-5 with a triple and a home run...Made one appearance on the mound and pitched 1.1 scoreless innings of relief with a strikeout and a walk to close out a 17-1 loss vs. San Antonio (6/5/21). Also doubled for the Cardinals, their only extra base hit that game.