Tim Kurkjian discovers why baseball's best backup catcher -- and a real character -- is a hit in the clubhouse.

The smile on Austin Hedges' face at spring training with the Cleveland Guardians couldn't be found when he was with the San Diego Padres. In fact, he was so unhappy that he almost retired from bas ...

Catcher Austin Hedges, who joined the Rangers two days ... the same uptight guy who also was his teammate with the San Diego Padres from 2015 to ’19. “He wasn’t the Hedgie he is now ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — As Guardians pitchers and catchers reported to Goodyear, Arizona, earlier this week and began workouts, veteran backstop Austin Hedges said he had not yet caught the newest sta ...

It is 8 o'clock on a February morning in the Cleveland Guardians clubhouse, and Austin Hedges is, as he often is, shirtless, which always amused one of his managers, Terry Francona, because ...